Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis

January 31, 1863

Received at Richmond July 31St. 1863. By Telegraph from Culpeper 31st.

To Hon. Jeffn. Davis President C.S.

Reports from Scouts indicate movements of Enemy to Fredericksburg. I am making corresponding movements.

R. E. Lee. Genl.

[Endorsed] 14/56 VB. Telegram from Genl. Lee Culpepper C. H. July 31st. 1863.

Notes

W. J. De Renne CollectionWormsloe, Chatham County, Georgia (1914)

Printed in Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee’s Dispatches, Dispatch No. 59.