[Telegram] (Copy) Head Qrs Army N. Va. June 17th 1864.
Sir,
Genl. Beauregard telegraphs that last night the enemy assaulted his lines twice and were repulsed, leaving 400 prisoners, including eleven commissioned officers, in our hands. To-day the enemy carried a weak point in his lines. Our troops assaulted and carried our original lines near Bermuda Hundreds with slight loss on our part.
Very respectfully Your obdt servt
(Signed) R E Lee Genl
[Endorsed] Respectfully submitted for the information of the President. James A. Seddon Secretary of War. June 18/64.
Copy Telegram to Sec War Genl Lee Hd Qrs A N V June 17, 64 June 18/64
W. J. De Renne CollectionWormsloe, Chatham County, Georgia (1914)
Printed in Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee’s Dispatches, Dispatch No. 136.