Hd Q Colemans 8 P.M. 1 June 64.
Mr. President
Your note of to-day in reference to Genl Echols just received - If Genl. Echols is too unwell for duty there is no objection to his returning to Western Va - He should make application in the proper way - Col Patton is already, I think, in command of his brigade. I am with high respect
Your obt servt
R. E. Lee Genl.
W. J. De Renne CollectionWormsloe, Chatham County, Georgia (1914)
Printed in Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee’s Dispatches, Dispatch No. 116.