Lee's dispatches; unpublished letters of General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A., to Jefferson Davis and the War Department of the Confederate States of ... collections of Wymberley Jones De Renne ..

by Robert E. Lee, Douglas Southall Freeman, Wymberley Jones de Renne

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Genres: Civil War, History, American Civil War

480 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1957

About the author

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Robert Edward Lee, Confederate general in the Civil War of America, won victories at Bull Run and Fredericksburg in 1862 and at Chancellorsville in 1863 before surrendering to Ulysses Simpson Grant at Appomattox in 1865.

Ulysses Simpson Grant accepted the surrender of Robert Edward Lee, general, at Appomattox in 1865.

Robert Edward Lee, Confederate general, surrendered to Ulysses Simpson Grant of Union at the hamlet of Appomattox Court House on 9 April 1865 to end effectively the Civil War.


Son of "Light Horse Harry", Henry Lee, hero of Revolutionary War, Robert E. Lee gained prominence as an exceptional officer at West Point and as an engineer during the Mexican War. He commanded the Army of northern Virginia of the states and accepted defeat at courthouse. He afterward served as president of Washington college, now Washington and Lee University.

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[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Book!