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of roads and fortifications near Wilmington, Williamstown, and
Roanoke Island, N.C.; lists of persons captured on prize vessels;
and printed matter: Register of the Commissioned and Warrant
Officers of the Navy of the Confederate States to January 1,
1864 (1864), and Judah P. Benjamin's Instructions Upon Neutral
and Belligerent Rights (1864).
Finding aid available.
Naval Historical Foundation collection.
536
Order, 1862. 1 item.
Order from Lee (U.S.S. Oneida) to Capt. Edward Donaldson
(U.S.S. Sciota), May 20, 1862, to prevent the construction of
Confederate batteries near Warrenton, Miss.
537
Lee Family
DeButts-Ely Collection, 1749-1916. ca. 900 items.
Photocopies.
Contains the family correspondence of Gen. Robert E. Lee
during the war and Mrs. Mary Custis Lee's "My Reminiscences
of the War." Describes popular sentiment in Virginia at the
outset of the war, personal losses and suffering of the Lee family,
and the progress of the war in Virginia.
Microfilm copy (3 reels) available.
538
Leggett, Mortimer Dormer (1821-1896) Gen., USV
Letter, 1863. 1 item.
Letter from Leggett to Col. David Chambers, Aug. 9,1863,
Vicksburg, Miss., explaining his decision to join the Army.
539
Lester, Joseph Artisan, Wisconsin Volunteers
Collection, 1860-64. 10 items.
Letters from Lester to his family in England concerning
camp life, marches, morale, generalship, disease, prisoners of
war, foraging expeditions, depredations, black life, and the attitude
of noncombatants in the South. Provides some information
on the Battle of Corinth, the Yazoo Pass expedition, the
Siege of Vicksburg, and the Chattanooga and Atlanta campaigns.
Also contains a diary fragment, Nov. 18-Dec. 17,1862.
540
Letcher, John (1813-1884) Gov., Virginia
Papers, 1853-66. 7 items.
In part, transcripts.
Includes three letters from President Davis to Letcher,
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