Robert E. Lee Papers, PC.690

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Robert E. Lee Papers, PC.690

Descriptive Summary

Title
Robert E. Lee Papers
Call Number
PC.690
Creator
Unknown
Date
1844-1865
Repository
State Archives of North Carolina

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    Collection Overview

    Collection of papers of General Lee, including his quarterly report as chief engineer, Ft. Hamilton, N.Y. (1844); and originals and copies of orders and military correspondence (1863-1865), including letter to Gen. Braxton Bragg at Wilmington about the Federal fleet and troops reportedly headed for Wilmington, New Bern, and Weldon (Dec., 1864), copy of his letter to Confederate secretary of war concerning colors captured by 20th Regt. NCT, and copies of Lee's "Farewell Address." Also a letter from Bragg about Warren Co. monument to Anne Carter Lee (1864), and letter (Dec., 1865) from Lee giving information on Washington [and Lee] College.

    Contents of the Collection

    Subject Headings

  1. Lee, Robert Edward
  2. Braxton, 1817-1876 Bragg
  3. Lee, Anne Carter
  4. Confederate States of America
  5. Washington and Lee College
  6. Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 20th
  7. United States. War Department
  8. Generals
  9. Soldiers--United States
  10. Fleets
  11. Flags
  12. Monuments
  13. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  14. Fort Hamilton (N.Y.)
  15. Wilmington (N.C.)
  16. Warren County
  17. Weldon
  18. New Bern (N.C.)