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Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1807 - 1870

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Robert E. Lee letter to George Brinton McClellan

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292306]
Identifier: Vault MSS 574
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a letter written at Richmond, Virginia, on June 17, 1862, and addressed to George B. McLellan (1826-1885), commander of the Union Army. Lee replies to McClellan's suggestion "to consider medical officers in care of the sick and wounded as non-combatants." Lee agrees "that such officers would be so regarded in the operations of the armies of Northern and Eastern Virginia." Lee thanks McClellan for the release of Dr. Tayler "who was left in attendance upon a sick man at...
Dates: 1862 June 17
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Robert E. Lee letter to George Brinton McClellan

Robert E. Lee letter to George Gibson

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233291738]
Identifier: Vault MSS 630
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter relaying a provisions report to the Commissary General, George Gibson.

Dates: 1830
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Robert E. Lee letter to George Gibson

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