Recd at Richmond Apl 29, 1863 By telegraph from Fredericksburg 29
To His Excellency Jeff Davis.
If any troops can be sent by rail to Gordonsville under a good officer I recommend it Longstreet’s Division if available had better come to me and the troops for Gordonsville and protection of Rail Road from Richmond and North Carolina if practicable. Genl Howard has six (6) batteries with him. Please order the forwarding of our supplies.
R. E. Lee
[Endorsed] Telegram from Genl Lee Fredericksburg Va. April 29, 1863
W. J. De Renne CollectionWormsloe, Chatham County, Georgia (1914)
Printed in Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee’s Dispatches, Dispatch No. 43.