Statistics for occurrence #1 of “R. E. Lee” in chapter 8 of Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee:

...tly before the war, General Scott was asked to recommend an officer to fill the vacancy, and he is reported to have said that if the Secretary of War would put into a hat the names of A. S. Johnston, R. E. Lee , and J. E. Johnston, and one of said names be taken out, a good quartermaster general would be secured. Mr. John B. Floyd, who was the Secretary of War at the time, naturally threw his influence in...
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R. E. Lee 13,655 214 119 0 0 user votes
Va. R. E. Lee 12 0 0 0 0 user votes
Gen R. E. Lee 8 0 0 0 0 user votes
R. E. Lees 4 0 2 0 0 user votes
R. E. Lee Camp 3 0 1 0 0 user votes

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