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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09256 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1860 |
| Title | Letter from Robert E. Lee to Anna Fitzhugh regarding family news |
| Date | 6 June 1860 |
| Author | Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward) (1807-1870) |
| Recipient | Fitzhugh, Anna |
| Content Description | To cousin Anna Fitzhugh, an intimate letter written on the eve of the Civil War, reporting on family news and revealing his personal anxieties and troubles: "A divided heart I have too long had, & a divided life too long led. That may be one cause of the small progress I have made on either hand, my professional & civil career. Success is not always attained by a single undivided effort. It rarely follows a halting vacillating course. My military duties require me here, whereas my affections & urgent domestic claims call me away. And thus I live & am unable to advance either. But while I live I must toil & trust." |
| Subjects | Confederate States of America Military History Children and Family |
| People | Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward) (1807-1870) Fitzhugh, Anna (fl. 1860) |
| Place written | San Antonio, Texas |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |