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Daguerreotype portrait after a painting of Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870), United States and Confederate States of America soldier. After a long career in the US Army Corps of Engineers and cavalry, he resigned his commission in 1861 and joined the Confederates, commanding the Army of Northern Virginia until 1865. He served as president of Washington…

Daguerreotype portrait after a painting of Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870), United States and Confederate States of America soldier. After a long career in the US Army Corps of Engineers and cavalry, he resigned his commission in 1861 and joined the Confederates, commanding the Army of Northern Virginia until 1865. He served as president of Washington…

Portrait of Robert E. Lee

Description

Daguerreotype portrait after a painting of Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870), United States and Confederate States of America soldier. After a long career in the US Army Corps of Engineers and cavalry, he resigned his commission in 1861 and joined the Confederates, commanding the Army of Northern Virginia until 1865. He served as president of Washington College in Virginia from 1865 until his death. In 1831, he married Mary Anne Randolph Custis (1808-1873), daughter of George Washington Parke Custis of Arlington, Virginia. Their children were: George Washington Custis (1832-1913); Mary Custis (1835-1918); William Henry Fitzhugh (1837-1891), married first Mary Tabb Bolling and second Charlotte Georgianna Wickham; Anne Carter (1839-1862); Eleanor Agnes (1841-1873); Robert Edward (1843-1914), married first Charlotte Taylor Haxall and second Juliet Carter; and Mildred Childe (1845-1905).

Date

undated

Collection Number

CSPH

Dimensions

2 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches

Object ID

CSPH 541

Resource ID

17690

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.