. Civil War officers. Confederate . \ Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (Ind. Va.) shows a pen used by President sign the JointSenate-House Resolution restoring General Robert E. Lees citizenship on August 5, 1975, atArlington House, Lees home overlooking the city of Washington, to Mr. Robert Patterson,President of Lee-Jackson Memorial and Colonel Richard Smith, Executive Director (left). Robert E. Lee is now a citizen of the UnitedStates. Did anyone ever question it? It isdoubtful that it ever occurred to most Ameri-cans that this great leader was not a citizenuntil a bill to restore his rig

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. Civil War officers. Confederate . \ Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (Ind. Va.) shows a pen used by President sign the JointSenate-House Resolution restoring General Robert E. Lees citizenship on August 5, 1975, atArlington House, Lees home overlooking the city of Washington, to Mr. Robert Patterson,President of Lee-Jackson Memorial and Colonel Richard Smith, Executive Director (left). Robert E. Lee is now a citizen of the UnitedStates. Did anyone ever question it? It isdoubtful that it ever occurred to most Ameri-cans that this great leader was not a citizenuntil a bill to restore his rights was passedby the Congress recently and approved bythe President on August 5, 1975. However, the record shows that Leescitizenship — lost when he joined Virginia inher secession during the Civil War — wasnever restored. Lee had applied for a par-don in June, 1865, shortly after his sur-render at Appomattox, but in forwarding hisapplication, the oath of allegiance to was not included because he did notknow that it was

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