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The Lee Family Digital Archive is the largest online source for primary source materials concerning the Lee family of Virginia. It contains published and unpublished items, some well known to historians, others that are rare or have never before been put online. We are always looking for new letters, diaries, and books to add to our website. Do you have a rare item that you would like to donate or share with us? If so, please contact our curator, Colin Woodward, about how you can contribute to this historic project.


 

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More than 3,600 letters, legal documents, books, and other papers are available at the Lee Family Digital Archive. We are in the process of adding new documents to our database daily. Items added before September 2015 are found at this link.

To view a transcript of a letter, click on either the sender or recipient name. We are in the process of adding scanned images of letters, which will be available in the "Original" column.

To see letters we have uploaded into our new format, see the list below:

Eleanor Agnes Lee       Harriet Lee Powell Smoot 1863 January [no day]  
Robert E. Lee       Gustavus W. Smith 1863 January 4  
Robert E. Lee       George Washington Custis Lee 1863 January 5  
Robert E. Lee       Walter H. Taylor 1863 January 7  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 January 8  
Robert E. Lee       John D. Imboden 1863 January 10  
Robert E. Lee       James A. Seddon 1863 January 10  
Robert E. Lee       George Washington Custis Lee 1863 January 11  
Jefferson Davis       Robert E. Lee 1863 January 12  
Robert E. Lee       Howell Cobb 1863 January 12  
Robert E. Lee      

Jefferson Davis

1863 January 13  
Robert E. Lee       James A. Seddon 1863 January 14  
William Henry Fitzhugh Lee       Eleanor Agnes Lee 1863 January 15  
Robert E. Lee, Jr.       Eleanor Agnes Lee 1863 January 18  
Robert E. Lee       James A. Seddon 1863 January 19  
Robert E. Lee       Jefferson Davis 1863 January 19  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 January 21  
Robert E. Lee       William E. Jones 1863 January 21  
Robert E. Lee       Jefferson Davis 1863 January 21  
Robert E. Lee       Henry Brevard Davidson 1863 January 22  
Robert E. Lee       Josiah Gorgas 1863 January 22  
Robert E. Lee       James A. Seddon 1863 January 22  
Robert E. Lee       John D. Imboden 1863 January 22  
Robert E. Lee       James A. Seddon 1863 January 23  
Robert E. Lee       Jefferson Davis 1863 January 23  
Joseph Christmas Ives       Mary Custis Lee 1863 January 24  
Robert E. Lee       James A. Seddon 1863 January 26  
Robert E. Lee       Samuel Cooper 1863 January 26  
Robert E. Lee       William E. Jones 1863 January 27  
James A. Seddon       Robert E. Lee 1863 January 28  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 January 29  
Robert E. Lee       Joseph B. Kershaw 1863 January 31  
Robert E. Lee, Jr.       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 February 1  
Robert E. Lee       James A. Seddon 1863 February 2  
George Washington Custis Lee       Robert M. Stiles 1863 February 2  
Robert E. Lee       Eleanor Agnes Lee 1863 February 6  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 February 8  
Robert E. Lee       James Longstreet 1863 February 16  
Robert E. Lee       Eleanor Agnes Lee 1863 February 20  
Robert E. Lee       Lucy L. Temple 1863 February 20  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 February 23  
Robert E. Lee       General Orders No. 29 1863 February 28  
Robert E. Lee       George Washington Custis Lee 1863 February 28  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 March 6  
Robert E. Lee       Samuel Cooper 1863 March 6 (report of the battle of the Seven Days)  
William Allan       John Brockenbrough 1863 March 7 William Allan to John Brockenbrough
Robert E. Lee       James Longstreet 1863 March 7  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 March 9  
Robert E. Lee       Williams Carter Wickham 1863 March 11  
Robert E. Lee       John Bell Hood 1863 March 17  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 March 19  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 March 21  
Robert E. Lee       William E. Jones 1863 March 23  
Robert E. Lee       Special Orders No. 46 1863 March 23  
Robert E. Lee       Charles Carter Lee 1863 March 24  
Robert E. Lee       James A. Seddon 1863 March 25  
Robert E. Lee       Samuel Cooper 1863 March 26

Image of Robert E. Lee, Image of Jefferson Davis, Image of John S. Mosby, Image of Samuel Cooper

Robert E. Lee       Nathan George Evans 1863 March 26  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 March 27  
Robert E. Lee, Jr.       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 March 27  
Robert E. Lee       James Longstreet 1863 April 2  
Robert E. Lee       John Bell Hood 1863 April 2  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 April 3  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 April 5  
Robert E. Lee       William Orton Williams 1863 April 7  
Robert E. Lee       Samuel Cooper 1863 April 10 (report of the Battle of Fredericksburg)  
Eleanor Agnes Lee       Harriet Lee Powell Smoot 1863 April 10  
Robert E. Lee       Eleanor Agnes Lee 1863 April 11  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 April 12  
Robert E. Lee       Reuben Lindsay Walker 1863 April 15  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 April 19  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 April 24  
Robert E. Lee       Richard H. Anderson 1863 April 29  
Robert E. Lee       Jefferson Davis 1863 May 2  
Robert E. Lee       Jefferson Davis 1863 May 3  
Robert E. Lee       James A. Seddon 1863 May 3  
Robert E. Lee       Jeb Stuart 1863 May 3  
Robert E. Lee       Jubal Early 1863 May 3  
Robert E. Lee       Lafayette McLaws 1863 May 3  
Robert E. Lee       Stonewall Jackson 1863 May 4  
William Henry Fitzhugh Lee       Report of the Battle of Chancellorsville 1863 May 4-7  
Robert E. Lee       Jefferson Davis 1863 May 7  
Robert E. Lee       James Longstreet 1863 May 7  
Robert E. Lee       James A. Seddon 1863 May 10  
Robert E. Lee       General Orders No. 61 1863 May 11  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randoph Custis Lee 1863 May 11  
Jefferson Davis       Robert E. Lee 1863 May 11  
Robert E. Lee       Jeb Stuart 1863 May 11  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 May 14  
Robert E. Lee, Jr.       Mary Anan Randolph Custis Lee 1863 May 17  
William Henry Fitzhugh Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee     1863 May 17  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Jenifer Triplett Haxall 1863 May 20  
Robert E. Lee       John Bell Hood 1863 May 21  
Aldert Smedes       Robert E. Lee 1863 May 22  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 May 23  
Robert E. Lee       William Henry Fitzhugh Lee 1863 May 23-31  
Robert E. Lee       Eleanor Agnes Lee 1863 May 25  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 May 31  
Robert E. Lee       Jeb Stuart 1863 May 31  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 June 3  
Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee       Mildred Childe Lee 1863 June 7  
Robert E. Lee       Samuel Cooper 1863 June 8 (Battle Report of Second Mansass)  
James A. Seddon       Robert E. Lee 1863 June 9  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 June 9  
Robert E. Lee       Jefferson Davis 1863 June 9  
Confederate States of America War Department       Robert E. Lee, Jr. 1863 June 10  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 June 11  
Robert E. Lee       James A. Seddon 1863 June 13  
Robert E. Lee       George Washington Custis Lee 1863 June 13  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 June 14  
Robert E. Lee       James Longstreet 1863 June 15  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 June 15  
Robert E. Lee       A. P. Hill 1863 June 16  
James Longstreet       Walter H. Taylor 1863 June 17 James Longstreet to Walter H. Taylor, Page 2
Robert E. Lee       Jeb Stuart 1863 June 23  
Robert E. Lee       General Orders No. 73 1863 June 27  
Robert E. Lee       Richard S. Ewell 1863 June 28  
William F. Wickham       Robert E. Lee 1863 June 28  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 June 30  
Robert E. Lee       John D. Imboden 1863 July 1  
Robert E. Lee       Jefferson Davis 1863 July 4  
Robert E. Lee       John D. Imboden 1863 July 4  
Robert E. Lee       Richard S. Ewell 1863 July 6  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 July 7  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 July 12  
Robert E. Lee, Jr.       Eleanor Agnes Lee 1863 July 13  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 July 15  
Robert E. Lee       James A. Seddon 1863 July 17  
Richard Ewell       Robert E. Lee 1863 July 21  
Robert E. Lee       Elizabeth Stiles 1863 July 25  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 July 26  
Robert E. Lee       Mildred Childe Lee 1863 July 27  
Robert E. Lee, Jr.       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 July 30  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 August 2  
Robert E. Lee       Samuel Cooper      1863 August 4  
Robert E. Lee       Lucius B. Northrop 1863 August 5  
Robert E. Lee       George Washington Custis Lee 1863 August 7  
Robert E. Lee       Jefferson Davis 1863 August 8  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 August 9  
Robert E. Lee       Samuel Cooper 1863 August 10  
Robert E. Lee       General Orders No. 83 1863 August 13  
Robert E. Lee       Samuel Cooper     1863 August 15  
Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee and Mary Custis Lee       Mildred Childe Lee 1863 August 16  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 August 16  
Robert E. Lee       Jefferson Davis 1863 August 17  
Robert E. Lee       Jeb Stuart 1863 August 18  
Robert E. Lee       Samuel Cooper 1863 August 19 (report of Sharpsburg Campaign)  
Robert E. Lee, Jr.       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 August 21  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 August 23  
Robert E. Lee       James Longstreet 1863 August 31  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 September 4  
Robert E. Lee       Daughters 1863 September 8  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 September 8  
Robert E. Lee       Mildred Childe Lee 1863 September 10  
Jeb Stuart       Eleanor Agnes Lee 1863 September 11  
Jeb Stuart       Mary Custis Lee 1863 September 11  
Robert E. Lee       Eleanor Agnes Lee 1863 September 13  
Robert E. Lee, Jr.       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 September 15  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 September 18  
Jeb Stuart       Robert E. Lee 1863 September 19  
Robert E. Lee       Samuel Cooper 1863 September 23 (report of the battle of Chancellorsville)  
Robert E. Lee       George Washington Custis Lee 1863 September 27  
Alexander Robert Lawton       Robert E. Lee 1863 October 10  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 October 19  
Robert E. Lee, Jr.       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 October 21  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 October 28  
Robert E. Lee       Mildred Childe Lee 1863 October 31  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 November 1  
Robert E. Lee       John D. Imboden 1863 November 2  
Robert E. Lee       Samuel Jones 1863 November 2  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 November 5  
Robert E. Lee       Jefferson Davis 1863 November 10  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis 1863 November 11  
Robert E. Lee       Eleanor Agnes Lee 1863 November 13  
Robert E. Lee, Jr.       Eleanor Agnes Lee 1863 November 17  
Robert E. Lee       Carrie C. Stuart 1863 November 21  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 November 21  
Robert E. Lee       Elizabeth Stiles 1863 November 25  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 November 25  
Robert E. Lee       Mildred Childe Lee 1863 November 26  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 November 27  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 December 4  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 December 5  
Robert E. Lee       Walter H. Taylor 1863 December 12  
Richard P. Ewell       Walter H. Taylor 1863 December 17 Richard P. Ewell to Walter H. Taylor
Jeb Stuart       Walter H. Taylor 1863 December 17 Jeb Stuart to Walter H. Taylor
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 December 22  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 December 25  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 December 27  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 December 29  
Martha Custis Williams Carter       Eleanor Agnes Lee 1863 December 29  
Robert E. Lee       Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee 1863 December 30  

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