[Telegram] Atlees, May 29, 1864. 9 o'clock P.M.
His Excellency Jefferson Davis
In conference with Genl Beauregard he states that he has only twelve thousand Infantry and can spare none. If Genl Grant advances tomorrow I will engage him with my present force
(Signed) R E Lee General
[Endorsed] Copy Telegram Genl R E Lee. Atlees May 29, 1864
W. J. De Renne CollectionWormsloe, Chatham County, Georgia (1914)
Printed in Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee’s Dispatches, Dispatch No. 111.