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Lee, Charles, fl. 1862 to Artemas Lee

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00334 Author/Creator: Lee, Charles, fl. 1862 Place Written: Yorktown, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: May 4, 1862 Pagination: 5 p. : envelope Height: 26 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Written in pencil to his mother, Artemas Lee, in Templeton, Massachusetts. Reports fall of Yorktown and erroneously reports capture of Lee. Writes from a camp before Yorktown, Virginia.

Lee, Charles, fl. 1862
Lee, Artemas, fl. 1862

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