Letters / Correspondence

John C. Breckinridge & Robert E. Lee

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Letters table
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1 Robert E. Lee John C. Breckinridge I offer you the thanks of this army for your victory over Genl SeigelPress him down the valley & if practicable follow him into MarylandR E Lee May 16, 1864
2 Robert E. Lee John C. Breckinridge Dispatch of 11th received. If Cosby and Giltner can be spared send them to Early. Send Prentice’s battalion to Richmond. Retain sufficient force to protect the country and manage deserters, &c.... Oct. 12, 1864
3 Robert E. Lee John C. Breckinridge At daylight this morning, General Gordon assaulted and carried enemy’s works at Hare’s Hill, captured 9 pieces of artillery, 8 mortars, between 500 and 600 prisoners, among them one... Mar. 25, 1865
4 Robert E. Lee John C. Breckinridge Sir: I have the honor to report as the number of desertions from the 9th to the 18th, both inclusive, 1,061. This embraces full reports from the infantry, but only partial reports from the... Mar. 27, 1865
5 Robert E. Lee John C. Breckinridge Sir: I have been awaiting the receipt of the orders from the Department for raising and organizing the colored troops before taking any action in the matter. I understand that orders have been... Mar. 27, 1865
6 Robert E. Lee John C. Breckinridge The enemy crossed Hatcher’s Run this morning at Monk’s Neck Bridge with a large force of cavalry, infantry, and artillery, and tonight his left extended to Dinwiddie Court-House. Gregg’s cavalry... Mar. 29, 1865
7 Robert E. Lee John C. Breckinridge It was apparent during thepastwinter that reinforcements were continuously reaching the armies under Genl Grant in front of Richmond, & that every preparation was being made for the early... Apr. 12, 1865
8 Robert E. Lee John C. Breckinridge Genl. Vaughan reports this morning "that Thomas is at Knoxville, that three regiments and some negro troops are repairing the East Tennessee Railroad, and that enemy have commenced their... -
9 Robert E. Lee John C. Breckinridge A scout just escaped from the prison barge off City Point reports fifteen monitors and forty-five gunboats above Bermuda Hundred. He is a very bold man, but I think there must be some error in his... -
10 Robert E. Lee John C. Breckinridge Genl. R. Taylor telegraphs from Meridian, on the 28th., that the enemy has thrown a large force ashore on Eastern side of Mobile Bay, leaving nothing on West side. That he is ready to receive any... -
11 Robert E. Lee John C. Breckinridge Vaughan's Scouts report that Stoneman with about four thousand Cavalry passed Elizabethtown on the Watauga and is going up the Watauga. He may intend to cross by Lenoir to the Yadkin, or turn... -
12 Robert E. Lee John C. Breckinridge Genl. Gordon reports that the enemy, at 11 P.M. yesterday, advanced against a part of his line defended by Brig. Genl. Lewis, but was repulsed. The line of Artillery and Mortars continued for... -
13 Robert E. Lee John C. Breckinridge Genl. Taylor reports enemy has commenced the siege of the Eastern defences of Mobile. Our fire, so far, is superior. Our casualties few and slight. On the 28th. the Federal fleet attempted to... -
14 Robert E. Lee John C. Breckinridge Genl. Taylor, on the 30th., reports that the enemy's column from the Tennessee River is seventy miles from Selma.(Signed) R. E. Lee[Endorsed] Respectfully submitted for the information of the... -
15 Robert E. Lee John C. Breckinridge Finding this morning that the enemy was extending his left to embrace the White Oak Road, Genl. Anderson placed three Brigades in position to repel him. Before the disposition was completed, the... -