Lot of 23, comprised of a calling card for "Mrs. W.H. Fitzhugh Lee / Ravensworth, Va."; and 22 CDVs, most post-war portraits of Southerners, many unidentified. Highlighted CDVs include a bust portrait of Mrs. Joseph E. Johnston, unmarked; and a number of views credited to photography studios operating in the Southern United States, among them, Richmond photographers and galleries such as the Lee Gallery, C.R. Rees & Co., G.W. Davis, and Anderson & Co. (12), S. Anderson, New Orleans (1), Lilienthal, New Orleans (1), Hopkins, Annapolis, MD (1), along with The London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company (2), and J. Ganz, Zurich (1). The consignor relates that this collection comes from the personal album of William H. Fitzhugh Lee (1837-1891), the second son of Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis, who became a Confederate cavalry general and congressman for the state of Virginia. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ William H. Fitzhugh Lee (1837-1891) was the second son of Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis, who grew up to become a Confederate cavalry general and congressman for the state of Virginia. Prior to the Civil War, Lee served in the 6th US Infantry and participated in the Utah War against Mormon settlers before resigning to operate his White House Plantation. As the impending Civil War got underway, Lee was commissioned a captain in the Confederate cavalry, and received numerous promotions as the conflict raged on. Lee was a force to be reckoned with, commanding forces at the battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville before being wounded at the Battle of Brandy Station and subsequently captured at Hickory Hill, VA where he was recovering. His captors took him to New York, where he spent time as a prisoner of war before being exchanged for Union Brigadier General Neal S. Dow and returned to the Confederate Army in February of 1864. As the war drew to a close, Lee rose to second in command of the Confederate Cavalry, but accepted defeat when he surrendered with his father at Appomattox Court House in April of 1865. Though he returned to the simpler life of a planter for a brief period after the war, Lee re-entered the public eye when he was elected to the Virginia Senate, serving there from 1875-1878, and even more prominently going on to serve in the United States House of Representatives from 1887 until his death in 1891. Condition: CDVs in varying conditions, most with some soiling, spotting, and wear or trimming at edges and corners.
Lot of 23, comprised of a calling card for "Mrs. W.H. Fitzhugh Lee / Ravensworth, Va."; and 22 CDVs, most post-war portraits of Southerners, many unidentified. Highlighted CDVs include a bust portrait of Mrs. Joseph E. Johnston, unmarked; and a number of views credited to photography studios operating in the Southern United States, among them, Richmond photographers and galleries such as the Lee Gallery, C.R. Rees & Co., G.W. Davis, and Anderson & Co. (12), S. Anderson, New Orleans (1), Lilienthal, New Orleans (1), Hopkins, Annapolis, MD (1), along with The London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company (2), and J. Ganz, Zurich (1). The consignor relates that this collection comes from the personal album of William H. Fitzhugh Lee (1837-1891), the second son of Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis, who became a Confederate cavalry general and congressman for the state of Virginia. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ William H. Fitzhugh Lee (1837-1891) was the second son of Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis, who grew up to become a Confederate cavalry general and congressman for the state of Virginia. Prior to the Civil War, Lee served in the 6th US Infantry and participated in the Utah War against Mormon settlers before resigning to operate his White House Plantation. As the impending Civil War got underway, Lee was commissioned a captain in the Confederate cavalry, and received numerous promotions as the conflict raged on. Lee was a force to be reckoned with, commanding forces at the battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville before being wounded at the Battle of Brandy Station and subsequently captured at Hickory Hill, VA where he was recovering. His captors took him to New York, where he spent time as a prisoner of war before being exchanged for Union Brigadier General Neal S. Dow and returned to the Confederate Army in February of 1864. As the war drew to a close, Lee rose to second in command of the Confederate Cavalry, but accepted defeat when he surrendered with his father at Appomattox Court House in April of 1865. Though he returned to the simpler life of a planter for a brief period after the war, Lee re-entered the public eye when he was elected to the Virginia Senate, serving there from 1875-1878, and even more prominently going on to serve in the United States House of Representatives from 1887 until his death in 1891. Condition: CDVs in varying conditions, most with some soiling, spotting, and wear or trimming at edges and corners.
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