| dc.rights.license | No Copyright -- United States | en_US |
| dc.creator | Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-05-20T15:30:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-05-20T15:30:04Z | |
| dc.date.created | 1865-02-04 | |
| dc.date.issued | 1865-02-04 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.wlu.edu/xmlui/handle/11021/21929 | |
| dc.description | Robert E. Lee gives General William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, also known as William "Rooney" Lee, permission for the impressment of African Americans for repairing railroad lines (Weldon Railroad) around Petersburg. This note is the draft of a telegram and is neither physically written nor signed by Lee himself. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.rights | This material is made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source. Permission for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the Head of Special Collections. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcc | Weldon Railroad (Petersburg, Va.) | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Impressment -- 1860-1870 | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Railroads -- Virginia -- History -- 1860-1870 | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh, 1837-1891 | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Confederate States of America. Army -- Officers -- Correspondence | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence | en_US |
| dc.title | Draft of telegram to General William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, February 4, 1865 (correspondence) | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |
| dc.rights.holder | Special Collections and Archives, Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA | |
