Letters / Correspondence

Robert E. Lee

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2451 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... -
2452 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... -
2453 Robert E. Lee Jefferson Davis In my letter of this PM recommending certain promotions, I entirely omitted the names of Maj Gen R[ichard] H Anderson & Brig Gen Mahone. The former has been coinmandg Longstreet's Corps,... -
2454 Robert E. Lee Jefferson Davis I am very much obliged to you for the perusal of the letters from Mr. Mason & Genl. Williams. I hope that the favourable anticipations of the former may be realized. As far as I have been able... -
2455 Robert E. Lee Jefferson Davis I have had the honour to receive your despatch of today. Unless Butler is promoted no one can be promoted to his Brigade - I believe Dunovatit gives the fairest promise among the S.C. Colonels... -
2456 Robert E. Lee Jefferson Davis I recd to night your letter of the 3rd Inst: giving Copies of three telegrams from Genl Beauregard at Augusta & your reply. I do not think it possible to send more reinforcements from here... -
2457 Robert E. Lee Jefferson Davis I recd today the letter from Genl Longstreet to which you referred in your note of the 28th Ulto - I have proposed to Genl Grant an interview, in the hope that some good may result, but I must... -
2458 Robert E. Lee Joseph G. Totten Cadet Rudd of the 4th Class requests permission to receive some articles under clothing from his home which is recommended for favorable considerationSigned/ R. E. Lee Bvt: Col:Supt: Mil: Acady. -
2459 Robert E. Lee Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte I should have sooner acknowledged, My dear Mr Bonaparte, your letter of the 27 Ulto, but have been obliged to save my eyes for the service they had to perform that was indespensable. I have not how... -
2460 Robert E. Lee R. Swan Your application for a sick leave for your son, Cadet S. Stanhope Swan, has been referred to the Surgeon of the post; who is of opinion, that it is not a case in which he can recommend a leave of... -
2461 Robert E. Lee Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte By the first mail after the reception of your letter of the 31st Ulto. I wrote to Genl Smith at Phila. according to your desire: & have delayed replying to you, in the hope of recg from him an... -
2462 Robert E. Lee Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte I recd by Casy the large Military map of Europe; & found the spare sheets previously mentioned formed a part of it, & added a broad strip of Country to the East & South. I have caused... -
2463 Robert E. Lee R. S. Smith You will proceed to the city of New York for the purpose of procuring specie for a Treasury draft upon completion of which business you will return to this post.Signed ref R. E. LeeBvt: Col: Supt:... -
2464 Robert E. Lee Joseph G. Totten I have the honor to inclose Copies of Certificates from the Surgeon of the post in the cases of Cadets H. T. Latham & R. E. Wood (accompanied by certificates from Drs. Wood & Norris &... -
2465 Robert E. Lee R. S. Smith You will proceed to the City of New York for the purpose of procuring specie for a Treasury draft. Upon completion of which business you will return to the post.Signed/ R. E. Lee Br. Col.Supt.... -
2466 Robert E. Lee Joseph G. Totten I have the honor to transmit, herewith, an estimate of funds required for the US Mil: Acady. for the fiscal year ending 30 June 1854.An addition of $2000. to the usual estimate for repairs &... -
2467 Robert E. Lee Joseph G. Totten I have the honor to report for your information that Cadet R H Lee, whose absence without leave was reported to you on the 8th inst: returned to the Post on the 14th Inst in company with his... -
2468 Robert E. Lee Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte Upon the reception of Mrs Bonaparte’s letter with your postscript; I despatched a letter to Capt. Brewerton; asking if necessity did not require it, & it could be done, with justice to Jerome... -
2469 Robert E. Lee Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte I am too sorry that your kind intentions of visiting us at the Point should have been frustrated just on the point of execution. I should have been particularly glad to have seen you, & I want... -
2470 Robert E. Lee Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte I was much gratified at the reception of your letter from Paris, & should have acknowledged it at once; but there was not time for my answer to reach you before the day appointed for your... -
2471 Robert E. Lee Joseph R. Curtis Being desirous of closing the account of expenses of the late Board of Visiters to this Institution, of which you were a member; I beg leave to ask from what point your traveling allowance is to be... -
2472 Robert E. Lee Joseph G. Totten Sir. On the night of the 5th inst:, about 10. P.M. Cadet R. H. Lee left his quarters in Barrack without permission, & has not since returned. I have advised his father of the circumstances,... -
2473 Robert E. Lee Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte I have just recd & read a review of the “Memoir on the U.S. Arty.” The memoir itself I have not seen, but I think you will be able to get at its spirit it not its merits from the pages of the... -
2474 Robert E. Lee Joseph G. Totten I have the honor to enclose, herewith, a copy of a letter recd. direct from the Secy. of War & my acknowledgement of the same, & to ask that the letter be submitted to him.I am very respy.... -
2475 Robert E. Lee Joseph G. Totten It is desired to increase the supply of water to the public buildings at the Mil. Academy W.P. No other stream is available for this purpose but Buttermilk Falls brook. From the accompg. sketch of... -
2476 Robert E. Lee Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte I have just recd your letter of the 17th Inst. & lay aside my writing to answer it. I am very glad of the step you have taken in reference to Jerome. I was on the point of sending you a note by... -
2477 Robert E. Lee Joseph G. Totten I enclose for your information a copy of a letter I have received from the U.S. Dis. Attorney, for the Southern District of N.Y: in reference to the proposed diversion of water from the Butter Milk... -
2478 Robert E. Lee Joseph G. Totten I forward today the resignation of Cadet R. H. Lee. His father having come on for the purpose of taking him home, & thinking it very desirable, in his situation, that he should accompany him. I... -
2479 Robert E. Lee Joseph G. Totten The following cadets request permission to receive the articles set opposite their names respectively, which have been sent to the Office of the Quarter Master of the post—viz.Cadet Campbell F. L.... -
2480 Robert E. Lee Archibald Gracie I have recd. your application for a leave of absence for your son. & in consideration of the state of Mrs. Gracie’s health, have concluded to comply with your request. I could not with... -
2481 Robert E. Lee Joseph G. Totten Cadets Sharp & Venables request permission to receive articles of under clothing from their homes. Which is recommended for favorable consideration.I am Very respectfully Yr. obedt.... -
2482 Robert E. Lee Joseph G. Totten In compliance with your instructions of the 1st Inst. I have to request that one of the following married officers be detailed for duty at the Mil: Academy in the Dept: of Cavalry Tactics:... -
2483 Robert E. Lee Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte I am very glad to hear that you & Jerome are about to embark for France. It will be as agreable to you as beneficial to him, & I think you can fairly take great pleasure in comparing him... -
2484 Robert E. Lee Joseph G. Totten I have the honor to report, that in obedience to the instructions of the Secty of War, communicated in your letter of the 27th of May; I have this day relieved Captain Brewerton, of the... -
2485 Robert E. Lee Joseph G. Totten The letter of the Secty. of War of the 23d ulto: in reference to the communication from the Academic Board in the cases of Cadets Stevens and Holbrook, dated the 6th July, having been laid before... -
2486 Robert E. Lee Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte I have just recd your note of the 11th & am highly gratified at the prospect of having a reduction of your bust—I shall value it very highly, & place it among the most esteemed objects in... -
2487 Robert E. Lee Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte My brother has a small package for his son Fitzhugh, which he is anxious he should get, as it contains some necessary clothing he inadvertently left behind. May I therefore ask the favour of you or... -
2488 Robert E. Lee Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte I have been expecting since the reception of your kind note of the 10— the visit you then led us to hope for. The Fall having passed into the Winter, & all the delights of our first permanent... -
2489 Robert E. Lee Richard Henry Lee It gives me great pain to inform you that your son Cadet Richd. H. Lee Jr. left his room last night about 10 P.M. with the intention, as avowed to his roommate, of leaving the Military Academy.... -
2490 Robert E. Lee Joseph G. Totten Rodman M. Price has remitted a draft for Fifty dollars, which he requests may be placed in the credit of his nephew, Cadet Rodman Price Lewis—which is recommended for favorable consideration, he... -
2491 Robert E. Lee Joseph G. Totten I have recd. your letter of the 15th inst: directing that the mileage of the member of the late Board of Visiters, from California, be paid from the appropriation of the current year. I conclude... -
2492 Robert E. Lee William H. Terrill I have recd your letter of the 28th expressing your fears lest your son Wm. R. Terrill had been guilty of some gross impropriety, from the amount of demerit he incurred in the month of July. That... -
2493 Robert E. Lee J. R. Torbert I have recd. your letter of the 1st Inst: requesting that your son may be allowed permission to attend the Methodist Episcopal Church nearest the Point. There is no objection to your son’s being... -
2494 Robert E. Lee Joseph G. Totten Cadet Rodman P. Lewis, whose departure from the Point on the 5th Inst: I reported to you yesterday, has this morning returned. He states that feeling discouraged at his progress & standing in... -
2495 Robert E. Lee W. D. Frazer The term of service of the person formally employed as Lithographer has expired, & the Academy is now without one. I have thought you might aid in procuring another. A man of common aptitude,... -
2496 Robert E. Lee William Henry Fitzhugh Lee I recd last night my dear Son your letter of the 22nd. It has given me great Comfort. God knows how I loved your dear dear wife, how Sweet her memory is to me, & how I mourn her loss. My grief... -
2497 Robert E. Lee William Ellinger I have just recd your Kind note of the 1st Jany. I will apply the amount enclosed to the endowment Fund of Washington College as you desire. Please accept the thanks of the Trustees of the College,... -
2498 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee I returned here last night My dearest Mary & found your letter of the 14th written after you had rec - d mine. You will see by mine of yesterdays date that I have given my opinion upon the... -
2499 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Both of your letters from Broadneck have been forw - d to me at this place. I was as much surprised at the request made by Bernard in the one, as at the sudden change of his opinion & wishes... -
2500 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Tattoo is beating & I have to be in the Saddle by 6 tomorrow mor - g. Still I must tell you of the pleasure which your letter of the 11 Dec - r last afforded me, which arrived by the last train... -