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278:. It was transcribed and edited by Eloise C. Strader, a former president of the Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society. In July 2013, the VDHR approved the placement of a historical marker at the site of Lee's house, now demolished. The following November the marker was installed at 132 N. Cameron Street, next to
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troops several times. When Union troops arrived during the first occupation, Lee wrote in her diary "All is over and we are prisoners in our own homes." Lee assisted with caring for and feeding wounded
Confederate soldiers at a war hospital on Cameron Street. Even though she despised the Union
196:'s son. In 1843, Lee moved to Winchester after marrying Hugh Holmes Lee, a lawyer and distant cousin. He died October 10, 1856, but his two unmarried sisters, Antoniette and Laura, and four nephew and nieces from a deceased sister continued living with Lee, along with five slaves.
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