Received at Richmond July 1863 By Telegraph from Near Hagerstown via Martinsburg 10th.
To His Excellency Jeffn. Davis
Your telegram of July 9th. has been received. I thank you for the troops sent. My letter will inform you the state of things, the army is in good health and condition and hold a position between Hagerstown and Williamsport. The Enemy is gradually making appearance against us. I have sent all the prisoners and most of the wounded across the river.
R. E. Lee
65/collect 260 D. H. to Staunton.
[Endorsed] Genl. Lee Martinsburg.
W. J. De Renne CollectionWormsloe, Chatham County, Georgia (1914)
Printed in Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee’s Dispatches, Dispatch No. 55.