Letters / Correspondence

Robert E. Lee

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1251 Robert E. Lee George W. Randolph From the general reports received from the scouts yesterday, it is plain that the enemy is abandoning his position around Warrenton, and does not intend to advance in the direction first assumed.... Nov. 17, 1862
1252 Robert E. Lee George W. Randolph Sir: Your letter of the 14th has been received. I am very glad to learn of your purpose to send to Texas to purchase horses for the cavalry. The future supply of subsistence for the army is to me a... Nov. 17, 1862
1253 Robert E. Lee Jefferson Davis Mr. President: There is a general movement of the enemy from Warrenton, and he is falling down to the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. I am not certain as to his destination. There are indications... Nov. 17, 1862
1254 Robert E. Lee George Duffy MajorI take advantage of your kind offer & Send one of my horses to have a shoe put on. If Convenient please have it attended to. The other horses I think will answer for the presentvery trulyR... Nov. 18, 1862
1255 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet I send you a dispatch just recd from Genl Jackson; also one from Lieut Smith who is north of the Rappahannock. By the former it wd. appear that the enemy is strengthening himself at Harpers Ferry... Nov. 18, 1862
1256 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee I have recd. dear Mary your letter by Mrs Withers brother & am very glad to hear that you are all well, & particularly that Chas & the baby are so prosperous. As regards Mildred no one... Nov. 18, 1862
1257 Robert E. Lee Samuel Cooper General: The force of the enemy reported yesterday to be moving toward Fredericksburg is stated by one of my scouts to be Sumner’s corps. His cavalry, with one battery of horse artillery, reached... Nov. 18, 1862
1258 Robert E. Lee Samuel Cooper General: It may be interesting to the Department to know, while considering the sources from which supplies for the army can be obtained, that much subsistence can be procured in the counties of... Nov. 18, 1862
1259 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: Your letter of the 17th is just received. I think there must be some mistake about the enemy’s being re-enforced at Harper’s Ferry, inasmuch as information from Washington states that... Nov. 18, 1862
1260 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet A dispatch received from Gen Stuart this morning dated Warrenton 6 ½ P.M. yesterday states that the loss of the enemy’s infantry and artillery passed through that place at 2 P.M. The last of the... Nov. 19, 1862
1261 Robert E. Lee Jefferson Davis Mr. President: General Stuart wrote to me from Warrenton, 6.30 p.m. yesterday, that the last of the enemy’s infantry and artillery passed through that place at 2 p. m.; their cavalry at 3 p. m., in... Nov. 19, 1862
1262 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: Your letter of the 18th has been received. It is certainly important to deceive the enemy as long as possible as to our position and intentions, provided it is rendered certain that a... Nov. 19, 1862
1263 Robert E. Lee Jefferson Davis I think Burnside is concentrating his whole army opposite Fredericksburg.R. E. Lee.[Endorsed] 10/130 pd D Mc. Nov. 20, 1862 Genl R. E. Lee Fredericksburg Nov. 20, 1862
1264 Robert E. Lee Joseph E. Johnston I have just recd your note in reference to Capt Mason & LtCol Harvey. Although Sorry to part with them I will yield them to you if you desire. I have so informed Capt Mason who will probably... Nov. 21, 1862
1265 Robert E. Lee Samuel Cooper General Jackson telegraphs General Early cannot be spared. Can you get another commander for Western Virginia? Captain Mason will report to General Johnston. Colonel Harvie absent. Will submit... Nov. 21, 1862
1266 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee I have recd dearest Mary your letter of the 18th with the letters of Marshall & Markie enclosed. I was much gratified at their perusal & particularly glad to hear of my poor sisters... Nov. 22, 1862
1267 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: Should my former dispatches have been received, you will have been informed of the position of the enemy and of that portion of the army with me. I will, however, report that General... Nov. 23, 1862
1268 Robert E. Lee Mary Custis Lee I have just recd your letter of the 17th which has afforded me great gratification. I regretted not finding you in Richd & grieve over every opportunity of Seeing you that is lost, for I fear... Nov. 24, 1862
1269 Robert E. Lee Gustavus W. Smith I enclose your Two notices of details from the Chief Surgeon's office General Hospital Richmond, which I do not understand, as it is not stated on what duty the men are detailed, nor do I know... Nov. 25, 1862
1270 Robert E. Lee James A. Seddon Sir: In carrying out the policy of the Government of brigading the troops according to the States from which they come, I have found it necessary to dismember the brigade commanded by Brig. Gen.... Nov. 25, 1862
1271 Robert E. Lee Jefferson Davis Mr. President: I have endeavored for some time to avoid the necessity of pursuing the course I am now about to take; but the representations of the division commanders under whom Brig. Gen. Thomas... Nov. 25, 1862
1272 Robert E. Lee Jefferson Davis Mr. President: I have endeavored in my official communication to the Adjutant and Inspector General of the Army to keep you apprised of the military condition of affairs on this frontier.For the... Nov. 25, 1862
1273 Robert E. Lee Roger Atkinson Pryor General: Your letter of the 23d instant has just been received. I regret my inability to detach from this army the two regiments you desire to constitute a brigade, to operate on the Blackwater,... Nov. 25, 1862
1274 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: From your letter of the 21st, which, with its inclosures, I received last night, I infer that your command is in motion up the valley. I wrote to you on the 23d instant, suggesting that... Nov. 25, 1862
1275 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: I received this evening your note of 7.10 a.m., from near Strasburg. I wrote to you this morning, and referred on a communication forwarded on the 23d instant. In both I gave the position... Nov. 25, 1862
1276 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: In previous letters I suggested the advantages that might be derived by your taking position at Warrenton or Culpeper, with a view to threaten the rear of the enemy now massed at... Nov. 26, 1862
1277 Robert E. Lee Jefferson Davis Mr. President: The reports of the scouts received today state that the whole force of the enemy is concentrated between Fredericksburg and Aquia Creek. Their camps extended along the Telegraph road... Nov. 27, 1862
1278 Robert E. Lee John H. Reagan Sir: In consequence of the exposed condition of Fredericksburg, and the inability of the railroad train to reach that city, there is a difficulty in forwarding and receiving mails for the army. The... Nov. 27, 1862
1279 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: Your letter of the 26th instant, from Madison Court-House, has been received. I presume your letter of the 23d, to which you refer, was the one written from near Strasburg, to which I... Nov. 27, 1862
1280 Robert E. Lee George Washington Custis Lee I have recd your note of the 25th & am much obliged to you for attending to the business at the Bank. The dividend coupons due in Jany you can give to Mr Taylor if he can depose of them to... Nov. 28, 1862
1281 Robert E. Lee Gustavus W. Smith General: Your letter of the 26th instant has been received. Since my letter of the 23d, all the information I have been able to obtain tends to show that the whole army of General Burnside is... Nov. 28, 1862
1282 Robert E. Lee James A. Seddon Sir: Your letter of the 26th instant has been handed to me by Brig. R. A. Pryor. There is not an unattached regiment in this portion of the army, or a Virginia regiment in a brigade formed of... Nov. 28, 1862
1283 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet General: It has been reported to the commanding general that many persons leave this command without proper authority, to prevent which he wishes the requirements of Paragraph III, General Orders,... Nov. 28, 1862
1284 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: Your dispatches of the 26th and 27th have been received. My letter of the 27th will have advised you of the position which I think it best for you to assume, namely, on Massaponax Creek,... Nov. 28, 1862
1285 Robert E. Lee Jefferson Davis I have received by means of our scouts, a late Northern paper, the New York Herald of the 27th inst; which contains matters of interest not probably known to you. I have the honor to send it to you... Nov. 30, 1862
1286 Robert E. Lee John H. Richardson Colonel: I have been very anxious to get your corps of scouts and guides into service, in order to relieve the members of cavalry companies now on that duty, and return them to their regiments,... Nov. 30, 1862
1287 Robert E. Lee James A. Seddon Sir: About three thousand arms are required for this army. They are wanted for General Jackson’s corps, and [the want] arises principally from the fact that the arms belonging to the sick and... Dec. 1, 1862
1288 Robert E. Lee James A. Seddon Sir: About three thousand arms are required for this army. They are wanted for General Jackson’s corps, and [the want] arises principally from the fact that the arms belonging to the sick and... Dec. 1, 1862
1289 Robert E. Lee James A. Seddon Sir: In the cavalry attached to this army there are a number of men, dismounted; their horses in some instances have been killed in battle, in others they have been worn out in the service. The... Dec. 1, 1862
1290 Robert E. Lee James A. Seddon Sir: I have the honor to represent to you that there is still a great want of shoes in the army, between 2,000 and 3,000 men being at present barefooted. Many have lost their shoes in the long... Dec. 2, 1862
1291 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee I have recd your letter commenced at Ingle side & finished on the 26th at Richmond. I am glad you have had an opportunity of revisiting New Kent, though the sight of the White House must have... Dec. 2, 1862
1292 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet I have just received a note from General Stuart, who has been closely reconnoitering all day about Port Royal. He thinks the Hazelwood farm a very favorable place for the enemy to cross, there... Dec. 3, 1862
1293 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: I find, from a report just received from General Pendleton, that, deducting the batteries in the general reserve artillery, composed of Colonel Cutts’ and Major Nelson’s battalions, and... Dec. 3, 1862
1294 Robert E. Lee James A. Seddon Sir: A report from Colonel Imboden, on the Shenandoah Mountains, states that the enemy, who have recently been threatening Staunton, have fallen back beyond Beverly, leaving a guard of about 200... Dec. 5, 1862
1295 Robert E. Lee James A. Seddon Sir: During the past campaign I have felt, in every battle, the advantages that the enemy possessed over us in their artillery. This arose in part from their possessing more experienced... Dec. 5, 1862
1296 Robert E. Lee James A. Seddon Sir: I have the honour to acknowledge your letter of the 4th instant, and to express my thanks for your prompt attention to my requisitions. I fear I was not sufficiently explicit in my... Dec. 5, 1862
1297 Robert E. Lee Josiah Gorgas Colonel: I have written to the Secretary of War, urging upon him the advantages of improving our field artillery, and have recommended, as being in my opinion the best guns for the purpose, the... Dec. 5, 1862
1298 Robert E. Lee Gustavus W. Smith General: I have received copies of dispatches of the 2d instant, forwarded to you by officers serving south of James River. They, like others transmitted to me, knowing nothing of the circumstances... Dec. 6, 1862
1299 Robert E. Lee Gutavus W. Smith General: I have received copies of dispatches of the 2d instant, forwarded to you by officers serving south of James River. They, like others transmitted to me, knowing nothing of the circumstances... Dec. 6, 1862
1300 Robert E. Lee Jefferson Davis Mr. President: The enemy still maintains his position north of the Rappahannock. I can discover no indications of his advancing, or of transferring his troops to other positions. Scouts on both of... Dec. 6, 1862