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inridge to follow up on his victory over General Sigel, and Jan.
10, 1865, instructing Breckinridge to destroy bands of deserters
and banditti operating in his department; a letter from Lee
to Gen. Alexander R. Lawton, Mar. 7, 1865, concerning strategy
against an enemy force moving down the Rivanna River; a
letter from Lee to Col. A. J. Rives, Mar. 23, 1865, on military
appointments; General Grant's letter to Lee, Apr. 9,1865, stating
the terms of surrender at Appomattox; Lee's General Order
No. 9, Apr. 10, 1865; and a letter written by Gen. Winfield S.
Hancock, Apr. 10, 1865, announcing Lee's surrender.
Finding aid available.
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Collection, 1834-86.
Microfilm, 1 reel.
Chiefly memorabilia. Includes a few rough sketches of military
camps, roads, and fortifications along the Potomac River,
near Richmond, Va., and at Pensacola, Fla., and portraits of
Gens. P. G. T. Beauregard, Joseph E. Johnston, Wade Hampton,
Thomas J. Jackson, and R. E. Lee.
534
Lee, Robert W. Lt. Col., 20th Ohio Volunteers
Papers, 1862-64. 9 items.
Contains two letters from Lt. Col. Manning F. Force to
Lee, Apr. 22 and May 19,1862, Pittsburg Landing, concerning
the Battle of Shiloh, and camp life, disease, and deaths in the
aftermath of the battle, and five letters between Lee and Lt.
Col. James H. Simpson, May-Nov. 1864, concerning fortifications
at Covington and Newport, Ky.
535
Lee, Samuel Phillips (1812-1897) Adm., USN
Papers, 1860-69. ca. 19,000 items.
In part, transcripts.
Official, confidential, and squadron letterbooks, 1862-65;
diary of signal officer Lt. M. Miller, May 5-June 14, 1864,
concerning activities along the James River; letters of Gen.
John Gray Foster, 1863, on coastal defenses and problems with
smuggling and discipline in North Carolina and Virginia; letters
(to Adm. D. D. Porter) of special agent J. B. Devoe, Feb.
1864-June 1865, on Confederate spies in St. Louis and Chicago,
espionage by southern women, Confederate methods of communication
with guerrillas, smuggling, and corruption among
Federal officials at New Orleans, La.; logbook of the U.S.S.
Mississippi, 1861-62; logbooks and log extracts of vessels in
the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-64; sketches
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