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Julian Vannerson/Library of CongressThis portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee was created in 1864, roughly one year before he surrendered his Confederate Army to Union troops, and approximately six years before his death on Oct. 12, 1870.Historic Headlines
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On Oct. 12, 1870, Gen. Robert Edward Lee, best known for leading the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the Civil War, died. He was 63.
The Oct. 14 New York Times quoted the message that Gov. Gilbert Walker of Virginia sent to the General Assembly: “He died as he had lived, a noble example of the sublime principles and teachings of the Christian religion. He goes down to the tomb amid the lamentations of an affectionate and sorrowing people. Of exalted public and private virtue in his life and career, he filled up the full measure of our conception of a man.”
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