Received at Richmond June 4th. 1863. From Fredericksburg June 4th. 1863.
Hon. Jas. A. Seddon:
Reports from Genl Pickett and Major Collins on the lower Rappahannock state that the Enemy from York River have crossed at Urbanna and are proceeding up the Northern Neck. I presume to join Genl Hooker.
(Signed) R. E. Lee
[Endorsed] Copied for the President By direction of the Secy of War R. G. H. Kean Chf of Bu of War. Genl R. E. Lee Fredericksburg.
W. J. De Renne CollectionWormsloe, Chatham County, Georgia (1914)
Printed in Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee’s Dispatches, Dispatch No. 52.