[LEE, Robert E.]. 3 items related to Robert E. Lee, incl. printed General Orders No. 3 and CDVs.

General Orders No. 3. Richmond: Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, February 6, 1865. 8vo (5 x 7 3/4 in.) (few stains, unexamined outside frame).

Confederate imprint recording the appointment of Robert E. Lee as the General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States issued and signed in type by General Samuel Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General of the Confederate Army. In part: "The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That there shall be appointed...an officer, who shall be known and designated as 'General in Chief,' who...shall have command of the military forces...and will be obeyed and respected accordingly."

Printed orders matted and framed together with CDV of General Robert E. Lee, with period inked inscription below (toning, some fading to print, scattered spotting, unexamined outside frame). 13 3/4 x 13 in. overall.

[With:] CDV of General Robert E. Lee. Richmond, VA: Lumpkin & Co., matted and framed, 6 x 7 in. overall (few punctures in lower margin of print, unexamined outside frame).

Together, 3 items involving Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

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[LEE, Robert E.]. 3 items related to Robert E. Lee, incl. printed General Orders No. 3 and CDVs.

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