General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A.

General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A.

(In this photograph, Lee's collar lacks a general's wreath around the three stars, but his buttons are arranged like a brigadier general.) Graduated from West Point, 1829; Mexican War veteran. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in April 1861 and was commissioned as a brigadier general in t...

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General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A.
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Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870; Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Virginia; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
description (In this photograph, Lee's collar lacks a general's wreath around the three stars, but his buttons are arranged like a brigadier general.) Graduated from West Point, 1829; Mexican War veteran. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in April 1861 and was commissioned as a brigadier general in the Confederate Army in May 1861. Promoted to full general in June 1861. Major campaigns and battles include Cheat Mountain, South Carolina defenses, Seven Days', Second Manassas, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, the defense of Richmond, and Appomattox. After the war, Lee became president of Washington University in Lexington, Virginia. He died in Lexington in October 1870 and is buried there. Sources: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Davis, William C., ed. The Confederate General. Vol. 4. National Historical Society, 1991.
spelling Q0000000245Q245General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A.(In this photograph, Lee's collar lacks a general's wreath around the three stars, but his buttons are arranged like a brigadier general.) Graduated from West Point, 1829; Mexican War veteran. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in April 1861 and was commissioned as a brigadier general in the Confederate Army in May 1861. Promoted to full general in June 1861. Major campaigns and battles include Cheat Mountain, South Carolina defenses, Seven Days', Second Manassas, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, the defense of Richmond, and Appomattox. After the war, Lee became president of Washington University in Lexington, Virginia. He died in Lexington in October 1870 and is buried there. Sources: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Davis, William C., ed. The Confederate General. Vol. 4. National Historical Society, 1991.1862 circa1860-1869Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870; Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Virginia; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865Still imagePhotographs; Cartes-de-visite; Studio portraitsPollard, Charles T.Charles T. Pollard Confederate officers photograph albumLPP40, #03v8539Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFLPP00297http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/6559
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