Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870 to Anna Fitzhugh

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GLC#
GLC09256
Type
Letters
Date
6 June 1860
Author/Creator
Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870
Title
to Anna Fitzhugh
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
4 p. :
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

To cousin Anna Fitzhugh, an intimate letter written on the eve of the Civil War, reporting on family news and revealing his personal anxieties and troubles: "A divided heart I have too long had, & a divided life too long led. That may be one cause of the small progress I have made on either hand, my professional & civil career. Success is not always attained by a single undivided effort. It rarely follows a halting vacillating course. My military duties require me here, whereas my affections & urgent domestic claims call me away. And thus I live & am unable to advance either. But while I live I must toil & trust."

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