Search:
Cheat Mountain (W. Va.), Battle of. in subject [X]
 New Search | Email Saved Records (0)
Results:  1 Item Browse by All | Title | Creator
Sorted by:  
 Page: 1
Search:
Cheat Mountain (W. Va.), Battle of. in subject [X]
Results: 
1 Item
1 Title:   Robert E. Lee papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870  
  Dates:   1778-1872  
  Contents:  
The collection consists of papers relating to Robert E. Lee and the Lee family from 1838-1872. The bulk of the collection (1861-1864) contains correspondence from Lee regarding military activities of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. The letters discuss troop movements; supplies for troops; battle strategies for Elk Mountain, the Huntersville campaign, Cheat Mountain (W. Va.), and Dalton (Ga.); an exchange of prisoners (1862); casualty estimates at the battle of Fredericksburg; and reinforcement needs. Correspondees include Joseph E. Brown, Howell Cobb, and Henry Rootes Jackson. The collection also includes handwritten copies of 18th century land grants and indentures of John Parke Custis and a letter of Mary Custis Lee dated January 1872, Arlington (Va.) pertaining to proof of purchase of Arlington and the validity of her title to the property.
  
  Identifier:   ms302a  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
  Similar Items:   Find