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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05728 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1870s |
| Title | Mary Custis to Colonel Marshall regarding recording the life of her husband |
| Date | 3 December 1870 |
| Author | Lee, Mary Custis (1808-1873) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Possibly to Colonel Charles Marshall, Lee's aide during the Civil War. Mary writes "to collect some incidents in the early life of my husband." States she is "too feeble and unwell to do the subject justice" and asks him to correct errors in dates. Asks that her name not be used. States he had included a sheet with extracts of letters Lee wrote to her (included). Says that when she is well again she can supply more letters and information. The handwritten sheet of dated extracts she includes deal with subjects such as Lee's good treatment of slaves, the death of Stonewall Jackson, the death of his grandchild, and the capture of Fitzhugh by the Union. Written less than two months after the General's death on 12 October 1870. |
| Subjects | Woman Author Women's History Health and Medical Confederate General or Leader Marriage Slavery African American History Confederate States of America Civil War Military History Death Children and Family Prisoner of War |
| People | Lee, Mary Randolph Custis (1808-1873) Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward) (1807-1870) |
| Place written | Lexington, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |