Captain Robert E. Lee gathered his memories of his family and life in Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee (1904). The first-hand account provides a valuable source of information on day-to-day life at Arlington House during his youth, and includes many items of interest regarding his father's entire life.
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"Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee" from Robert E. Lee. American career military officer (1807-1870).
The book provided touching insights into the general's family life, allowing readers to connect with him on a more human level.
Shortly after arriving in Richmond, Lee heard alarming news that he was about to be indicted for treason by a Norfolk grand jury. Seeking counsel, he immediately contacted his friend Reverdy Johnson, who offered Lee his legal ...
No other Civil War veteran of his stature matched Alexander's ability to discuss operations in penetrating detail-- this is especially true of his description of Gettysburg.
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General Ulysses S. Grant led the North's Union army to victory, but Confederate general Robert E. Lee proved time and again he was a brilliant military strategist.
In 1873 she died at Lexington at the young age of thirty-two. The volume continues with recollections by Mildred Lee, the youngest of the Lee children, about her sister Agnes' death and the garden at Arlington.