Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Civil War Diary of a Confederate Soldier at Appomattox Court House
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0815
Overview
One page typescript of a transcription of a Confederate soldier's diary entries for 9-12 April 1865. The soldier was at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. Topics discussed include fighting the morning of 9 April; flag of truce and Lee's going to Grant's headquarters; terms of surrender; General John B. Gordon's farewell address to his troops; General Lee's General Order No. 9; another speech by General Gordon, referring to the possibility of a second Southern rebellion; and formal surrender...
Dates:
1865
Pocahontas County Roads
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2695
Overview
A rough draft history of the main roads covering segments of highways, such as State Route 39 between Huntersville and Marlinton, in the form of a travel brochure. Mentions frontier and pre-Civil War history of such places as Mill Point and Lewisburg, but its focus is on the Civil War history of Pocahontas, Greenbrier, and Randolph counties. Significant people and places mentioned are: The Great Warrior Path, Droop Mountain, Lewisburg, White Sulphur Springs, W. W. Averell, Huntersville,...
Dates:
ca. 1985
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- Civil War -- War diaries 1
- Civil War -- Appomattox Courthouse 1
- Civil War -- Camps and camp life 1
- Civil War -- Confederate soldiers 1
- Civil War battles - Allegheny Mountain. 1
- Civil War battles - Cheat Mountain. 1
- Civil War battles - Droop Mountain. 1
- Civil War battles - Greenbrier River. 1
- Civil War battles - Lewisburg. 1
- Civil War battles - White Sulphur Springs. 1
- Civil War battles. 1
- Civil War soldiers - Confederate Army. 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Frontier and pioneer life 1
- Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 1
- Greenbrier County - Civil War. 1
- Greenbrier River (W. Va.) 1
- Indians of North America 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
- Randolph County - Civil War. 1
- Rivers and river valleys. 1
- Roads 1
- Stanard Salute. 1
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