John F. Lee
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John Fitzgerald Lee was the Judge Advocate General of the United States Army from 1849 until 1862 and the first Judge Advocate General since the position had been vacant since 1802. He was a member of
The American state of Virginia became a prominent part of the Confederacy when it joined during the American Civil War. As a Southern slave-holding state, Virginia held the state convention to deal wi
An 1861 Confederate recruiting poster from Virginia, urging men to join the Confederate cause and fight off the Union Army, which it referred to as "abolition foes"
"How Virginia Was Voted Out Of The Union", a Harpers Weekly on June 15, 1861
An 1861 Bank of the Commonwealth 1 dollar banknote
Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond, Virginia in April 1865