Robert E. Lee an Address before Dixie Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy Columbus, Ohio in celebration of General Lee's Birthday January 19, 1929

Paper wraps w/abbreviated title on front cover; 27 [1]pp. Page 21 contains a poem re "Virginia first, and Lee!"; pages 23-27 contains an introduction to and the text of a letter written in 1866 fro Lee to Lord Acton regarding Virginia and state's rights and some sentiments about the Civil War: "Although the South would have preferred any honorable compromise to the fratricidal war which has taken place, she now accepts in good faith its constitutional results, and receives without reserve the amendment which has already been made to the constitution for the extinction of slavery. In other respects I trust that the constitution may undergo no change, but that it may be handed down to succeeding generations in the form we received it from our forefathers." Some toning around the edges of the covers; light crease at upper right corner; o/w in VG+ condition. [GA].