General Lee's Residence

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Virginia, Richmond

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Creator / Contributor: Anderson Gallery
Title: General Lee's Residence
Collection Title: Civil War stereographs, 1861-1865.
Publisher: New-York Historical Society
Date: [ca.1861-ca.1865]
Series: Views of Richmond and Vicinity, and Mountain Scenery of Virginia and West Va.
Description: Stereograph: Front view of three-story brick house with wooden fence, surrounded by similar houses.
Notes: Robert E. Lee (19 Jan. 1807-12 Oct. 1870) Officer in the Confederate Army during the U.S. Civil War who served as the Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia and general-in-chief of Confederate forces with the rank of general. Lee was pivotal in changing the Confederacy's defensive strategy to an offensive one. Surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox to end the Civil War.
Institution: New-York Historical Society
Identifier: ad42008
2464
Subject: Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870--Photographs
Houses and homes--Photographs
Richmond (Va.)--Photographs
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs
Material type or medium of original: Stereograph
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