[portion of the copy of letter of 27 June 1936, regarding General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A]
"...Following General Lee’s death, October 12, 1870, Congress, by the acts of May 22, 1872 (17 Stat. 142), and June 6, 1898 (30 Stat. 432), removed all political disabilities imposed by the 3rd Section of the Fourteenth Amendment.
It seems clear that General Lee was in fact pardoned by President Johnson, if not by the proclamation of July 4, 1868, then certainly by that of December 25, 1868, and that any political limitations to which he was subject by the Fourteenth Amendment were removed by the act of June 6, 1898.
It is the opinion of the War Department that full and complete amnesty was accorded to General Lee by the several proclamations and acts of Congress above referred to, and that there remains no disability with respect to him upon which a further act of the Executive or of Congress could be operative even if he were still living.
Sincerely yours,
J.A. ULIO,
Major General,
The Adjutant General" 201 File, Old Records Division, Adjutant General's Office, 1917- , RG 407, National Archives Microfilm M-2063, Military Service Records of Robert E. Lee [Major General James Alexander Ulio, Born June 29, 188, Died August 3, 1958]