Robert Edward Lee was a Confederate general whose early actions in the American Civil War led to his appointment as the overall commander of the Confederate States Army near the end of the war. He led the Army of Northern Virginia, the Confederacy's most powerful army, from 1862 until its surrender in 1865, earning a reputation as one of the war's most skilled tacticians.
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, WAR DEPARTMENT, Richmond, Va., March 23, 1864. General R. E. LEE, Commanding, &e.: GENERAL: The act of the last Congress to impose regulations upon the foreign…
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, WAR DEPARTMENT, Richmond, Va., March 28, 1864. General R. E. LEE: GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge your letter calling my attention to the serious…
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, WAR DEPARTMENT, Richmond, Va., March 29, 1864. General R, E. LEE, Commanding Army of Northern Virginia: GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge your letter of…
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, WAR DEPARTMENT, Richmond, Va., April 1, 1864. General R. E. LEE, Commanding, &e.: GENERAL: Your letter of the 29th ultimo has been received.* The draft of…
HEADQUARTERS RESERVE DIVISION, Maryland Heights, July 5, 1864—6 a. m.. (Via Frederick, Md. Received 3.25 p. m.) Before my troops arrived at Harper’s Ferry, General Weber at 6.30 p. m.…
HEADQUARTERS, &C., Stephenson’s Depot, September 12, 1864. My DrEsr GENERAL: From what I can gather from all sources I am afraid that officers at Richmond, and the Department officers especially,…
Richmond, Va., February 13, 1865. General R. E. LEE, Commanding Army of Northern Virginia: The river being closed, is there any objection to sending Yankee prisoners through the lines on…
Richmond Richmond, February 20, 1865. General ROBERT E. LEE, Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate States: GENERAL: I will attempt to express in the fewest possible words the views I ventured to…