Received at Richmond, June 21, 1864. By telegraph from Petersburg 21
To His Excellency, Jeffn. Davis,
I left Lt. Col. Williams' engineer, in charge of battery at Howletts. He should have been there. I will order an officer there to-night.
R. E. Lee
[Endorsed] 24/480 Telegram Genl. Lee Petersburg June 21/64. June 22/64.
W. J. De Renne CollectionWormsloe, Chatham County, Georgia (1914)
Printed in Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee’s Dispatches, Dispatch No. 140.