- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Robert E. Lee
- Creator:
- C. R. Rees & Company (Richmond, Va.)
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1868
- Subject:
- Generals--United States
Men--1860-1870
Clothing & dress--1860-1870
Beards - People:
- Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
- Location:
- United States, Virginia, City of Richmond, 37.55376, -77.46026
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Portrait of Confederate general Robert E. Lee.
Confederate; General; autographs; Civil War; Profile; vignette; cartes-de-visite;
Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) was born in Virginia. He graduated from West point, second in his class, in 1829. In 1852 he became superintendent of West Point. He was offered field command of the United States Army in 1861, but resigned when Virginia seceded from the union. He became Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Northern Virginia and was named General-in-Chief of the Confederate Armies in 1865. Lee surrendered to General Grant on April 9, 1865, ending the Civil War. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.4219.001
ahc1704219001.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/1708
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 4 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-