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Robert E. Lee's Resignation from the U.S. Army

Examines Robert E. Lee's decision to resign by utilizing a draft copy of his resignation letter to General Winfield Scott

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Secession!

Examines Virginia's secession through the eyes of James Thomas Petty, a young Virginian living in Washington D.C. at the time.

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