Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
Person
Found in 50 Collections and/or Records:
Diary and account book fragment, 1861-1863
Digital Image
Identifier: https://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll11/id/1481
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Dispatch from Robert E. Lee to General Ewell, 1864 August 14
Item
Scope and Contents
"I have telegraphed Hampton to return to Richmond. Send for him. Young's brigade under Col. Wright cannot be far in advance of Richmond. Get your Cavalry together, aid it with the Infantry, and drive back enemy."
Dispatch from Robert E. Lee to John J. Clarke, 1862 May 8
Item
Scope and Contents
Dispatch remarks that "In prosecuting the work of obstructing James River
you [John J. Clarke] are authorized to seize for the Confederate States
any vessels in the river which you may need....".
Dispatch from Robert E. Lee to John J. Clarke, 1862 May 8
Digital Image
Identifier: https://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll11/id/4301
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Dispatch from Robert E. Lee to William Gilham, 1861 July 19
Item
Scope and Contents
Dispatch ordering William Gilham to muster troops and "oppose the progress of the enemy" in the vicinity of Staunton, Virginia.
Francis M. Boykin Civil War papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0232
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of eight Civil War papers, including:
- Two commission documents
- Extracts from military orders
- One letter from Governor John Letcher ordering Francis M. Boykin to proceed to Grafton, West Virginia and communicate with Colonel Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall)
- One letter bearing the signature of General Robert E. Lee
General Order Number 1, 1861 April 23
Item
Scope and Contents
General Order Number 1 signed by Major General Robert E. Lee, in which he assumes command of military forces in Virginia.
General Robert E. Lee visits the grave of Stonewall Jackson [lithograph], 1870
Item
Scope and Contents
Currier and Ives black and white lithograph depicting visit of General Robert E. Lee at the grave of General Stonewall Jackson in Lexington, Virginia. This view is alleedly based on a soldier's sketch.
Harry L. Wilson collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0351
Scope and Contents
This collection of manuscripts (nine items) principally autograph letters of Civil War notables dating from 1858 to 1906, including a dispatch (dated April 28, 1862) from Stonewall Jackson to General Richard S. Ewell, requesting Ewell's presence. Other signed documents are in the hand of:
Henry "Light horse Harry" Lee (1794)
Robert E. Lee (1858)
James Longstreet (1893)
Jeb Stuart (1863)
Mrs. Jeb Stuart (1886)
Wade Hampton...
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