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Walter Taylor, a graduate of VMI, was the first officer assigned to General Lee’s staff, traveling with Lee to Georgia and West Virginia. Taylor was as close to Lee during the war years as anyone, being called upon, sometimes to his chagrin, to dine with Lee. In 1864, in letters to his wife, Taylor repeatedly referred to Lee as the Tycoon, a term popular then due to the opening of Japan. Taylor resided in Norfolk after the war
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