[LEE, FITZHUGH, Brig. General, C.S.A.]. Albumen bust portrait of Lee in uniform, [ca. 1863], 4 x 3 in., on contemporary mount, identified in ink below the print. Fitzhugh Lee, nephew of Robert E. Lee, graduated near the bottom of his West Point class in 1856. In spite of this, he became a favorite of J.E.B. Stuart and played an active and distinguished role in all Cavalry Corps operations, even commanded the remnants of the Corps from January 1865 to Appomattox.

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[LEE, FITZHUGH, Brig. General, C.S.A.]. Albumen bust portrait of Lee in uniform, [ca. 1863], 4 x 3 in., on contemporary mount, identified in ink below the print. Fitzhugh Lee, nephew of Robert E. Lee, graduated near the bottom of his West Point class in 1856. In spite of this, he became a favorite of J.E.B. Stuart and played an active and distinguished role in all Cavalry Corps operations, even commanded the remnants of the Corps from January 1865 to Appomattox.

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