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Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870 General Orders No. 102

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06753 Author/Creator: Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Document signed Date: 1863/11/26 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 25.1 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Calling on the army to continue fighting, "A cruel army seeks to reduce ... [us] to abject slavery.... Let every man resolve... if need be, to die in defence of a cause so sacred, and worthy of the name won by this army on so many bloody fields." Written at the Head Quarters of the Army of North Virginia

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