Received at Richmond July 25th. 1863. By Telegraph from Culpeper 25th.
To His Excellency Jeffn. Davis
The wish expressed in your telegram of 22nd. has been anticipated. Surgn. Mitchell is now on leave to visit his mother.
R. E. Lee.
[Endorsed] DV. July 25th. 1863 Genl. R. E. Lee.
W. J. De Renne CollectionWormsloe, Chatham County, Georgia (1914)
Printed in Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee’s Dispatches, Dispatch No. 58.