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The Daily Dispatch: may 31, 1861., [Electronic resource] 24 24 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 18 18 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 17 17 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. 13 13 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore) 6 6 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 5 5 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies 4 4 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 4 4 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 8: Soldier Life and Secret Service. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 4 4 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I. 3 3 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: December 28, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 9 (search)
n 1861. The Old Guard, of New York, publishes the following letters, (new to us,) which show the high ground taken by General Lee in the beginning of the late civil war, and which was maintained by him to the last: "Arlington, Va., April 20, 1861. "General,--Since my interview with you on the 18th instant, I have felt that I ought not longer to retain my commission in the army — I therefore tender my resignation, which I request you will recommend for acceptance.--It would have ost truly yours, R. E. Lee. "Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott, Commanding United States Army." A copy of the preceding letter was enclosed in the following letter to a sister of the General, Mrs. A. M.: "Arlington, Va., April 20, 1861. "My Dear Sister, --I am grieved at my inability to see you. I have been waiting for 'a more convenient season,' which has brought to many before me deep and lasting regret. Now we are in a state of war, which will yield to nothing. T