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| Keywords: Libel of Information filed in U.S. v. All the Rights, Titles, of Robert E. Lee (Robert E. Lee Confiscation Case) - NARA - 279089.tif Scope and content Pursuant to the Confiscation Act of 1862 provision was made to seize and confiscate the property of persons engaged in armed rebellion against the United States This libel of information is an accusation brought by U S Attorney Lucius Henry Chandler against Robert E Lee claiming the property described the Arlington House Estate has been forfeited to the United States and ought to be condemned to their use Attached to the libel is a second copy of the inventory of Lee's personal property at Arlington House General notes The Robert E Lee Confiscation Case was originally docketed as Case 85 Prior to transfer to the National Archives the cases were rearranged alphabetically and the Robert E Lee Case renumbered as Case 236 Researchers may see annotations for both numbers on various documents but the original case is retrieved using Case 236 279089 Local identifier U S District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Alexandria Term 06/11/1864 - ca 1866 NARA's Mid Atlantic Region Philadelphia NRBA 900 Market Street Philadelphia PA 19107-4292 date 1864 02 22 - 1864 02 22 Record group Record Group 21 Records of District Courts of the United States 1685 - 2004 Record group ARC Series ARC File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NRBPA-21-51E147-236-2 yes Other versions <gallery> File Libel_of_Information_filed_in_U S _v _All_the_Rights _Titles _of_Robert_E _Lee_ Robert_E _Lee_Confiscation_Case _-_NARA_-_279089 tif tif File Libel_of_Information_filed_in_U S _v _All_the_Rights _Titles _of_Robert_E _Lee_ Robert_E _Lee_Confiscation_Case _-_NARA_-_279089 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Robert Edward Lee US National Archives series Confiscation Case Files compiled 1863 - 1865 NARA TIF images with categorized JPGs | ||||