Letter from Robert E. Lee to Simon Cameron, Secretary of War, in which Lee Resigned from the Army; Scope and content: On the eve of the Civil War, when offered leadership of the Army, Lee refused, citing loyalty to his home state of Virginia. General notes: Exhibit no. Exhibit History: American Originals, December 1995 - June 1996, National Archives Rotunda, Washington, DC, Exhibit No. Civil War Exhibition, April 1995 - October 1995, Ronald Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA, Exhibit No. Lincoln Sesquicentennial Exhibition, 1959, National Archives, Washi


Letter from Robert E. Lee to Simon Cameron, Secretary of War, in which Lee Resigned from the Army; Scope and content: On the eve of the Civil War, when offered leadership of the Army, Lee refused, citing loyalty to his home state of Virginia. General notes: Exhibit no. Exhibit History: American Originals, December 1995 - June 1996, National Archives Rotunda, Washington, DC, Exhibit No. Civil War Exhibition, April 1995 - October 1995, Ronald Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA, Exhibit No. Lincoln Sesquicentennial Exhibition, 1959, National Archives, Washington, DC.


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