This entry is from A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones
May 7th 1861
Col. R. E. Lee, lately of the United States army, has been appointed major-general, and commander-in-chief of the army in Virginia. He is the son of "Light Horse Harry" of the Revolution. The North can boast no such historic names as we, in its army.
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| Robert E. Lee by Julian Vannerson, From Library of Congress |
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