robert e lee

General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Neg...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photographs is avai... More

Freedom's immortal triumph! Finale of the Jeff Davis Die-nasty." Las...

A vindictive Northern fantasy on the aftermath of the Civil War. Confederate president Jefferson Davis, dressed in a hoopskirt or crinoline, hangs from a "Sour Apple Tree" at left, a Bowie knife in one hand and... More

The first of May 1865 or gen[era]l moving day in Richmond, Virginia / ...

Print shows Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, and Stonewall Jackson vacating premises in Richmond as African Americans and whites look on.

The end of the rebellion in the United States, 1865 / C. Kimmel.

A sequel to Kimmel's grand image "The Outbreak of the Rebellion in the United States" (no. 1865-19), issued the year before. The artist depicts in symbolic terms the downfall of the Confederacy. Columbia, crown... More

Equestrian statue of General Robert E. Lee

V17325 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Ford, Thomas R.

Parlor of Arlington House, once the home of Robert E. Lee, Arlington, ...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Portrait of General Robert E. Lee, commander of Confederate forces dur...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Artist: Louis Kurz (1835-1921) (Source: georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu, 2018) Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/... More

General Robert E. Lee, Confederate States of America.

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2456

The last meeting of Gens. Lee & Jackson"

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Halpin. [Inscribed in ink; "heroes of Chancellorsville" written in pencil at lower right] b&w.

The last offer of reconciliation in remembrance of Prest. A. Lincolns....

A sentimentalized allegory "Dedicated to the Memory of our most lamented late President Abraham Lincoln" of the reconciliation of the North and South after the Civil War. Kimmel and Forster also produced two si... More

McLean House, Appomattox, Appomattox County, Virginia

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-335 Survey number: HABS VA-240 Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1893 Demolished Building/struct... More

Boston Daily Journal, [newspaper]. June 21, 1865.

Picryl description: Public domain periodicals page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[The last meeting between General Lee and Jackson] / J.G. Fay, 1877.

Print shows General Robert E. Lee, with troops, on the right and General Stonewall Jackson, with troops, on the left, both on horseback, meeting for the last time prior to Jackson's untimely death. K8697 U.S. C... More

Arlington House, Lee Drive, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Ar...

See also HALS VA-10 for related documentation. Significance: Arlington House, unique in its association with the Custis, Washington, and Lee families, is celebrated as one of the nation's most significant house... More

Arlington House, Lee Drive, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Ar...

See also HALS VA-10 for related documentation. Significance: Arlington House, unique in its association with the Custis, Washington, and Lee families, is celebrated as one of the nation's most significant house... More

Arlington House, Lee Drive, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Ar...

See also HALS VA-10 for related documentation. Significance: Arlington House, unique in its association with the Custis, Washington, and Lee families, is celebrated as one of the nation's most significant house... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Southern tombstones; an inside view of Dixie. Taken by our "Special Ar...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a romantic landscape, ruins, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Custis-Lee Mansion [i.e. Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memori...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Children's play area in Arlington House, Robert E. Lee's former mansio...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Portico of Arlington House, Robert E. Lee's mansion above grounds that...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classical or neoclassical building, architecture design, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Genl. Robt. E. Lee / J.L. Giles lith.

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Celebrated race of the steamers Robt. E. Lee and Natchez

O9466 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Donaldson (Wm. M.) & Co.

General Robt. E. Lee at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862 / H.A. Ogden.

Print shows General Robert E. Lee holding binoculars, standing on a ridge with other officers and a man on horseback, monitoring the battle at Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13, 1862. D4749 U.S. Copyright O... More

Residence of General Lee / Levy & Cohen.

Photograph shows the three story home of General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by Levy and Cohen in the Clerk's Office, of the District Court, for t... More

General Robert Edward Lee, Confederate States of America.

Public domain image of a male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Headquarters of General Robert E. Lee on the...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Gettysburg, June-July, 1863.

[General Robert E. Lee, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, ...

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

The Sun, [newspaper]. April 29th, 1865.

Arlington National Cemetery, Old Amphitheater, Arlington, Arlington Co...

Significance: In 1868, General John Logan from the Headquarters of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) declared May 30th a day of remembrance for Union soldiers who had died in the Civil War. President Joh... More

Arlington National Cemetery, Old Amphitheater, Arlington, Arlington Co...

Significance: In 1868, General John Logan from the Headquarters of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) declared May 30th a day of remembrance for Union soldiers who had died in the Civil War. President Joh... More

Appomattox Courthouse, Appomattox, Appomattox County, Virginia

Significance: Site of the surrender of Robert E. Lee's Confederate forces to Ulysses S. Grant, thus ending the Civil War. Survey number: HABS VA-716 Building/structure dates: 1846 Initial Construction Buildi... More

[Robert Edward Lee, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing righ...

Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Blocher House, Tablerock Road, off Route 34, Gettysburg, Adams County,...

Significance: The house is the only remaining pre-Civil War structure on the farm and was the residence of John Blocher, a local weaver at the time of the Battle of Gettysburg. It was built in the 1820s after ... More

Arlington House, Lee Drive, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Ar...

See also HALS VA-10 for related documentation. Significance: Arlington House, unique in its association with the Custis, Washington, and Lee families, is celebrated as one of the nation's most significant house... More

Arlington House, Lee Drive, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Ar...

See also HALS VA-10 for related documentation. Significance: Arlington House, unique in its association with the Custis, Washington, and Lee families, is celebrated as one of the nation's most significant house... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

The true peace commissioners, Confederate States of America.

An angered response to false Confederate peace overtures and to the push for reconciliation with the South advanced by the Peace Democrats in 1864. (See also "The Sportsman Upset by the Recoil of His Own Gun," ... More

Statue of Stephen Dill Lee, Vicksburg, Miss.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a statue, monument, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Playground - Robert E. Lee School. See Miss Folks' report. Location: ...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio. Robert E. Lee, formerly of Kentucky, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Carol M. Highsmith - Arlington House interior, Arlington, Virginia

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. This was once the home of Robert E. Lee. Title, date, s... More

American and Commercial Advertiser, [newspaper]. April 15th, 1865.

Picryl description: Public domain poetry book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Battle of Haw's Shop, Studley, Hanover County, Virginia

Significance: 1) On the morning of May 28, Union Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan ordered a cavalry division of 3,500 troopers led by Maj. Gen. David McMurtrie Gregg to proceed to Haw's Shop (modern Studley) along Sum... More

McLean House, Appomattox, Appomattox County, Virginia

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-335 Survey number: HABS VA-240 Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1893 Demolished Building/struct... More

Arlington House Deodar Cedar , West service court, Lee Drive, Arlingto...

See also HABS VA-443 for related documentation. Significance: The Arlington House Deodar Cedar (Cedrus deodara) is significant because of its large size, its longevity, and its association with the post-Civil W... More

Arlington National Cemetery, Old Amphitheater, Arlington, Arlington Co...

Significance: In 1868, General John Logan from the Headquarters of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) declared May 30th a day of remembrance for Union soldiers who had died in the Civil War. President Joh... More

[Portrait of General Robert E. Lee, officer of the Confederate Army]

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Middle Bridge American Sycamore, Near former site of the historic midd...

See also HABS MD-307 for related documentation. Significance: The Middle Bridge American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) is significant for its historical association with Union Gen. George B. McClellan's inde... More

Portrait of General Robert E. Lee, February 18, 1865

Photograph shows Robert E. Lee, three-quarter length, seated in a chair, facing slightly right, with hands together on lap.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Headquarters of General Robert E. Lee on the...

Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Blocher House, Tablerock Road, off Route 34, Gettysburg, Adams County,...

Significance: The house is the only remaining pre-Civil War structure on the farm and was the residence of John Blocher, a local weaver at the time of the Battle of Gettysburg. It was built in the 1820s after ... More

Arlington House, Lee Drive, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Ar...

See also HALS VA-10 for related documentation. Significance: Arlington House, unique in its association with the Custis, Washington, and Lee families, is celebrated as one of the nation's most significant house... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

[Richmond, Virginia Residence of General Robert E. Lee (707 East Frank...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

General Lee / Bendann Bros, 205 Baltimore st., Baltimore.

Photograph shows reproduction of portrait of Robert E. Lee originally taken ca. 1850, possibly in a Mathew Brady studio, in civilian clothing and retouched with uniform. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 20... More

Second battle field at Bull Run - Public domain old map

Shows the Union forces under Gen. John Pope and the Confederates under Gen. Robert E. Lee on the 29th, 30th, and 31st of August 1862 in an area of Virginia defined by the towns of Chantilly to the north, Manass... More

Robert E. Lee. April 1865, American Civil War Glass Negative.

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The true peace commissioners. - Public domain weapon print

Picryl description: Public domain image of a group of people, United States politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sitting room at Arlington House, once Robert E. Lee's home in Arlingto...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Recumbent Robert E. Lee, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virgi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a church, crypt, chamber, underground vault architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Arlington House, once the home of Robert E. Lee, high above Arlington ...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Robert E. Lee Motel in Bristol, Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Gen. Robert Edward Lee - Public domain portrait engraving

Photograph of a painting in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; signed "J.A. Elder, Richmond, Va." Detroit Publishing Co. no. M 29914. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

American and Commercial Advertiser, [newspaper]. April 21st, 1865.

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Battle of Haw's Shop, Studley, Hanover County, Virginia

Significance: 1) On the morning of May 28, Union Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan ordered a cavalry division of 3,500 troopers led by Maj. Gen. David McMurtrie Gregg to proceed to Haw's Shop (modern Studley) along Sum... More

McLean House, Appomattox, Appomattox County, Virginia

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-335 Survey number: HABS VA-240 Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1893 Demolished Building/struct... More

[General Robert E. Lee, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, ...

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

The great American tanner / Thomas Worth. sketch ; on stone by [John] ...

An election-year cartoon invoking both Grant's humble beginnings as a tanner and his successful Civil War military career. Before the war Grant had worked in his family's leather goods establishment in Galena, ... More

R. E. Lee camp; March - Public domain American sheet music, 1884

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Three Heroes, Confederate States of America

General Robert E. Lee on horseback flanked by Stonewall Jackson and Jeb Stuart, riding in review before a crowd of cheering soldiers. 11190Y U.S. Copyright Office. Title inscribed in brown ink below image. Insc... More