G - d qrs: New Market 7 Aug 62
Col: Genl Jackson has applied for an additional battery - I wish you to select one, giving preference to one from that part of the Country, or to one desirous of serving there. Please see me at my Hd qus <at> Dobbs house, tomorrow morn - g - on the subject.
Very resp - y your obt servt
R E Lee Genl
Col: J. Thompson Brown Corps of Art - y -
Lee PapersUniversity of Virginia Archives
This document was torn in two along the line reading "Dobbs house, tomorrow morn - g - "