Received at Richmond Aug 25 [1862] By Telegraph from Jefferson 24 Via Rapidan ’25
To Presidt Davis
Have written you my views today and ordered Genl Smith to join me with all the troops available subject to Your approval.
R. E. Lee
[Endorsed] 23 Coll 92 Aug 24, 1862. Genl R. E. Lee Jefferson, Va.
W. J. De Renne CollectionWormsloe, Chatham County, Georgia (1914)
Printed in Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee’s Dispatches, Dispatch No. 24.