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Lee Seeks Amnesty After Century Lost Oath
The article recounts how a long-lost loyalty oath by Confederate General Robert E. Lee surfaced in National Archives papers. It notes that Lee sought U.S. citizenship after the Civil War, was denied, and that a 1885 pardon process finally granted amnesty, with Archivist Elmer C. Parker describing the discovery and its legal implications.
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