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Personal logo Nashville Supporting Member of TMP19 Jan 2018 9:52 p.m. PST

Today, the 19th of January, marks the anniversaries of the births of two remarkable American men.

On this day in 1807, in Stratford Hall, Virginia, a son was born to the aristocratic Lee family. The child was named Robert Edward Lee.1

And on this day in 1809, a son was born to a family in Boston, Massachusetts. This child was named Edgar Allan Poe.2

Now little more needs be said about either of these men or their significance in America. Lee went on to become the commanding general of the rebel forces during the Civil War;3 Poe became one of America's most renowned writers.4

But — c'mon now — this is The Legal Genealogist here. So you have to have a clue as to why I might be interested in such a disparate pair, right?

It's because each of them was a central figure in a really interesting federal court case.

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Old Contemptibles20 Jan 2018 11:43 p.m. PST

Who knew these two were so close in age – only two years difference? Who knew they were from the same region of Virginia? To go one step further, both were in the U.S. Army for some years in the 1820 and 1830s. In fact, both were cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Lee completed his time at the academy in 1829, graduating near the top of his class. Poe began his cadet experience in 1830, but left the academy a few years later without graduating. Did they ever meet? I have no evidence that they did, but it is quite possible.

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