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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05979 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents of 1864 |
| Title | Robert E. Lee to William Fitzhugh (Rooney) Lee with condolences on the death of Rooney's wife |
| Date | 24 April 1864 |
| Author | Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward) (1807-1870) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | General Lee offers condolence to his son Rooney on the death of his wife, Charlotte Wickham, from tuberculosis. Although Lee mourns her death, he maintains that "we cannot indulge in grief however mournful yet pleasing." Lee experienced a series of profound personal loss during the war; along with the death of his daughter-in-law, his daughter Annie and two of his grandchildren also died. But Lee's dedication to duty remained firm, and was demonstrated in his advice to his bereaved son. He urged Rooney to return to his brigade, reminding him that "Our Country demands all our thoughts, all our energies. To resist the powerful Combination now forming against us, will require every man at his place." |
| Subjects | Civil War Confederate General or Leader Children and Family Death Women's History Tuberculosis Military History Confederate States of America |
| People | Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward) (1807-1870) Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh (1837-1891) Wickham, Charlotte. |
| Place written | Camp Orange, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War |
| 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 |
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