Robert E Lee with his Generals, 1869 original

General Lee and his Confederate officers in their first meeting since Appomattox, taken at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, in August 1869, where they met to discuss "the orphaned children of the Lost Cause". This is the only from life photograph of Lee with his Generals in existence, during the war or after. Left to right standing: General James Conner, General Martin Witherspoon Gary, General John B. Magruder, General Robert D. Lilley, General P. G. T. Beauregard, General Alexander Lawton, General Henry A. Wise, General Joseph Lancaster Brent Left to right seated: Blacque Bey (Turkish Minister to the United States), General Robert E. Lee, Philanthropist George Peabody, Philanthropist William Wilson Corcoran, James Lyons (Virginia)

1869 Fotografien Alexander Robert Lawton Generäle der Konföderierten Staaten George Peabody henry alexander weise James Conner allgemein John Bankhead Magruder Martin Witherspoon Gary Originale pgt beauregard porträts von robert edward lee Robert Doak Lilley der Grünling William Wilson Corcoran Porträt

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