Residence of Gen. Robert E. Lee, Richmond, Va.

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Virginia, Richmond

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Creator / Contributor: Brady & Co. (Washington, D.C.)
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)
Title: Residence of Gen. Robert E. Lee, Richmond, Va.
Collection Title: Civil War stereographs, 1861-1865.
Publisher: New-York Historical Society
Date: [ca.1861-ca.1865]
Series: Photographic History. The War for the Union. War Views.
Description: Stereograph: Front and side view of three-story brick house surrounded by other 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: ad42023
2447
Subject: Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870--Photographs
Houses and homes--Photographs
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs
Richmond (Va.)--Photographs
Material type or medium of original: Stereograph
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