[Telegram] Petersburg April 2d 1865 3.K 30 P.M.
His Excly Jeffn Davis
Your telegram recd. I think it will be necessary to retire tonight. I shall Camp the troops here north of the Appomattox. The Enemy is so strong that they will cross above us to Close us in between the James & Appomattox Rivers - If we remain R E Lee
R E Lee
Robert Edward Lee PapersDuke University Library
Printed in Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee’s Dispatches, Dispatch No. 215.