Second son of Robert E. Lee who served as a Confederate cavalry general during the Civil War (1837–1891). ALS signed “W. H. F. Lee,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, June 14, 1885. Letter to Edgar Warfield. In part: “I have the pleasure of acknowledging…my election as honorary member of your camp of Confed. veterans…Be assured I esteem it the highest honor to be remembered among those who, for four long years, bore the flag of the Confederacy so gallantly; and only yielded when resistance to the great odds opposed to them ceased to be possible.” In fine condition, with a horizontal mailing fold passing through the center of the signature and light mirroring to ink. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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