R. E. Lee Bibliography and Other Resources

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Proposed Edits for Bibliography and Other Resources

Contents 1 Bibliography 1.1 Documents 1.2 Online Biographical Sketches and Other Resources 1.3 Camp Cooper 1.4 Battlefield Web Sites 1.5 Reconsidering R. E. Lee

Bibliography

• Freeman, Douglas Southall, R. E. Lee: A Biography, Vol. 1, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. See also Vol 2, Vol. 3 and Vol. 4.
• Freeman, Douglas Southall Lee and the Ladies: Unpublished Letters of Robert E. Lee, Scribner's Magazine, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 4, October 1925.
• Lee Family Digital Archive: E. H. O'Neill, Review of Douglas Southall Freeman's Robert E. Lee.
• Lee Family Digital Archive: The Lees of Virginia: An American Legacy.
• Nagel, Paul C. The Lees of Virginia: Seven Generations of an American Family. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.
• Pryor, Elizabeth Brown, Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters, New York: Viking, 2007.

Documents

• The National Archives Catalog: Amnesty Oath Signed by R. E. Lee.
• Legislative Petitions of the [Virginia General Assembly, 1776-1865: Petition, Charles City County, Virginia, 12 Dec 1816; , Accession Number 36121, Box 52, Folder 38; digital images, Library of Virginia.
• National Arcives: General Robert E. Lee's Parole and Citizenship.
• Washington and Lee University Archives: Letters from Robert E. Lee, 1833-1870.

Online Biographical Sketches and Other Resources

These are references that lack sources, lack authors names and lack significant scholarly value. They are a good place to start.

• American Battlefield Trust Biography of Robert E. Lee.
• American History: From Revolution to Reconstruction and Beyond. Brief biographical sketch of R. E. Lee.
• American National Biography Robert E. Lee (Subsription Required).
• Biography.com: Brief Biography of Robert E. Lee.
• Wikipedia Article on R. E. Lee.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #615, University Chapel Museum, Lexington, Lexington City, Virginia.
• Virginia Museum of History and Culture: Robert E. Lee After the War 1861-1876.

Camp Cooper

• Charles Davis, Camp Cooper, (Texas State Historical Association: An Independent Non-profit Since 1897).
• Texas Hstorical Commission - The Portal to Texas History Camp Cooper Historical Marker.
• Camp Cooper by Trent McKnight. This is apparently a short article based on Chapter 21 of Douglas Southall Freeman,"R. E. Lee: A Biography.

Battlefield Web Sites

• Americican Battlefield Trust, Antietam.
• Eyewitness to History.com: The First Shot of the Civil War-The Surrender of Fort Sumter, 1861.

Reconsidering R. E. Lee

• Caldwell, Christopher There Goes Robert E. Lee: His eclipse in American life, Claremont Review of Books, Spring, 2021.
• The National Park Service: Memorialization of Robert E. Lee and the Lost Cause.