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Photographer: John Neagle
Taken: Circa 1830
Caption: Sidney Smith Lee, ca. 1830 attributed to John Neagle
Additional Description: Sidney Smith Lee (1802-1869), Robert E. Lee's older brother, resigned his U.S. Navy Commission on April 28, 1861, to serve in the Confederate States Navy. Diarist Mary Chestnut described Smith Lee as “handsome enough to bring up the average.”Close-up of portrait in the Visitors Center
Submitted: January 12, 2019, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p460381
File Size: 1.608 Megabytes

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