"General Lee's Visit to Leesburg and Harrison Hall"
1922
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Language
English
Abstract
This collection consists of a two page photocopy of a typewritten historical anecdote of General Lee's visit to Leesburg and
Harrison Hall dated 2 August 1922.
During the first week of September 1962, Confederate troops passed through Leesburg, Virginia on their way to an invasion
of the United States. General Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) spent the night of 4 September in Leesburg at the home of a distant
relative, Henry Tazewell Harrison (1796-1881). While there, Lee and some of his generals met at the Harrison house to discuss
the Maryland campaign.
Henry Tazewell Harrison (1796-1881) was a wealthy merchant, farmer, and banker in Leesburg. His family descended from Burr
Harrison, who in 1699 had participated in the first European contact with local Piscataway Indians in what would become Loudoun
County. Henry Tazewell married Jane Elizabeth Lee (1811-1837), daughter of Francis Lightfoot Lee in 1834; they had one daughter,
Catherine (1834-1871). After Jane's death, Henry married Mary E. Jones (1815-1874) in 1839, with whom he had seven children:
Elizabeth Lee (1843-1875), Henry (1846-1916), Maria Washington (1848-1928), Alice Janney (1849-1928), Burr William (1851-1861),
Edward Burr (1853-1923), and Mary Jones (1856-1933).
This collection consists of a two page photocopy of a typewritten historical anecdote of General Lee's visit to Leesburg and
Harrison Hall dated 2 August 1922. While the authorship of the anecdote is unverified, it has been suggested by a long-time
Leesburg resident to have been written by Mary Conrad, daughter of Mary Jones Harrison.
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Cox, Teckla, interviews with Alexandra Gressitt, 20 August 2009 and Beth Schuster, 11 September 2009. Exploring Leesburg: Guide to History & Architecture. Town of Leesburg, 2003.
Freeman, Douglas Southhall. Robert E. Lee: A Biography Vol. 2 New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934.
Leesburg Architectural Surveys 1971-2002 (M 016), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Virginia. Folder 253-0035-0649.
Loudoun Cemetery Database (http://www.leesburgva.gov/index.aspx?page=940), accessed 11 September 2009.
Meserve, Steven F. The Civil War in Loudoun County Virginia: A History of Hard Times. Charleston, South Carolina: History Press, 2008.
Tavenner, Charles Blair. Charles Blair Tavenner Collection: Genealogical Notes on Loudoun Families , volume Ha-He. S.l: s.n.
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