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Letters

2,701-2,750 of 4,644 letters
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No. Sender Recipient Preview Date, oldest first
2701 Robert E. Lee Major Harrison Keep in communication with Genl Jackson. Send back surplus ammunition and stores to Charlottesville.Be prepared if necessary to retire to Staunton and Hold the Blue Ridge east of that placeR E Lee Apr. 18, 1862
2702 Robert E. Lee John C. Pemberton A good brigade necessary for the defense of Richmond. Send one as soon as possible. Enemy preparing to advance from Fredericksburg.Very respectfully,RE Lee Apr. 21, 1862
2703 Robert E. Lee Joseph E. Johnston General: I have just received your letter of the 20th instant, giving the result of your examination of the lines occupied by your army. I regret the defects they exhibit, and trust it may be in... Apr. 21, 1862
2704 Robert E. Lee Josiah Gorgas Colonel: Your letter of this date is received. I desire the 10-inch columbiad, with barbette carriage, to be sent to Drewry’s Bluff; the 8-inch columbiad, with casemate carriage, to Mulberry Point,... Apr. 22, 1862
2705 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee I recd this morg dear Mary your letter of 20th & will give to Custis & Mary their enclosures. I send a letter from Fitzhugh whom I understand is very well & has been active in front of... Apr. 22, 1862
2706 Robert E. Lee Joseph E. Johnston General: A dispatch from General Field today reports all quiet in his front. The enemy has not crossed the Rappahannock, and the gunboats that were arrested in their ascent by the obstructions at... Apr. 23, 1862
2707 Robert E. Lee Joseph E. Johnston General: I have received tonight your two letters of yesterday’s date. The points in one have been replied to in my letter of this morning. I informed you of the condition of affairs upon the... Apr. 23, 1862
2708 Robert E. Lee, Jr. Robert E. Lee Your letter of the 18th inst reached me today, it being the second time I have heard from any one of you since I entered the army. Capt Coleman brought me a joint letter from Annie & Agnes not... Apr. 23, 1862
2709 Humphrey Marshall Robert E. Lee General: Yesterday I received your letters of the 18th and 21st instant. Before they came I had been called on to act in a few cases, and adopted a line of policy which seems to depart from the... Apr. 25, 1862
2710 Robert E. Lee Eleanor Agnes Lee I recd your note of the 24th this morg by mail. I will reply by the same mode as I presume Mr. W[ickham]. has not come to R[ichmond]. I am delighted to hear from you & hope you are well. I had... Apr. 26, 1862
2711 Robert E. Lee Mary Jenifer Triplett Haxall I have just recd My dear Miss Mary, your letter of the 24th. I am my very obliged to you for writing & I am Sure you must have felt every evg that I was thinking of you. I never reach my... Apr. 26, 1862
2712 James B. Floyd Robert E. Lee I learn from Coln. Wharton of the 51st. Reg’t. Va. Volunteers who has just returned from Richmond that, in a conversation with you, he learned there was censure attached to me for the furloughs... Apr. 28, 1862
2713 Robert E. Lee Josiah Gorgas Colonel: I have the honor to state that General Johnston has informed me that he does not want any more heavy guns nor ammunition for them sent to Yorktown for the present.Very respectfully, your... Apr. 29, 1862
2714 Walter H. Taylor Stonewall Jackson I have had the honor to receive your letter of yesterday’s date. From the reports which reach me that are entitled to credit, the force of the enemy opposite Fredericksburg is represented as too... Apr. 29, 1862
2715 Robert E. Lee Benjamin Huger General: The movements of the enemy near Elizabeth City do not seem to indicate a real attack, and is probably intended to distract attention from other points, or to watch that entrance into the... Apr. 30, 1862
2716 Robert E. Lee Joseph E. Johnston General: Your letter of the 27th, reporting the condition of affairs on the Peninsula, has been received.The preparation of bateaux by the enemy indicates, I think, an attack on Gloucester Point,... Apr. 30, 1862
2717 Joseph E. Johnston Robert E. Lee I have ordered the Major Generals to prepare to move to the rear to-morrow. The baggage wagons to go to Williamsburg during the day, & the troops to march to the same point at night.I write to... May 1, 1862
2718 Robert E. Lee Joseph E. Johnston General: An important defensive work is to be constructed on James River below Richmond, and a good constructing engineer is wanted. If Capt. John J. Clarke, of the Provisional Engineer Corps, can... May 1, 1862
2719 Robert E. Lee Joseph E. Johnston General: Your letter of the 29th, relative to the supposed plans of General McClellan and their result upon your movements, as well as that of the 30th, has been received and submitted to the... May 1, 1862
2720 George Washington Custis Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Your note of yesterday was handed to me last evening by Mr. Jeter, and I will attend to your commissions though I doubt whether you will get the articles.You need not trouble yourself further about... May 2, 1862
2721 Robert E. Lee Joseph E. Johnston General: Officers returning from the Peninsula have represented to the President that many men are leaving there on sick leave, surgeon’s certificate, &c., and that there is great danger of the... May 3, 1862
2722 George Washington Custis Lee Thomas Hicks Wynne My Dear Sir: The President desires me to acknowledge te receipt of your two letters respectively of the 3d and 4th instant, in reference to the progress of the obstructions in the river below this... May 5, 1862
2723 Robert E. Lee James K. Caskie If you desire to have an interview with the President, you can see him, for a little while this afternoon, between the hours of 4 & 5 o'clock.I am Sir Very truly yoursR E Lee May 5, 1862
2724 Robert E. Lee Benjamin Huger General: I have received your letter of the 5th instant and am pleased to learn that you are progressing favorably with your movements. I have this morning telegraphed to you relative to the... May 7, 1862
2725 Robert E. Lee Richard S. Ewell I have had the honor of seeing your letter of the <illegible> inst: reporting the movements of the enemy down the Valley, & the condition of affairs east of the Blue Ridge.... May 8, 1862
2726 Robert E. Lee Joseph E. Johnston Your letter of the 8th has just been received. Those to which you allude as having received yesterday were prepared for my signature and being unexpectedly called away, and not wishing to detain... May 8, 1862
2727 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee I can only write a few lines to you. It is very late & I got but little sleep last night & have been much occupied all day. But the loss of the Virginia has produced such profound sensation... May 13, 1862
2728 Robert E. Lee Anne Carter Lee I have recd. my precious Annie your affectionate note. I sent you a message with the other girls in my note to your mother. You must not think I am robbing yourself or your mama. I hope she will... May 14, 1862
2729 Robert E. Lee Henry T. Clark Your letter of the 13th inst is received. My letter of the 13th was only intended to present to you the great need in which we stand of men, and by no means to imply a doubt of your willingness to... May 18, 1862
2730 Robert E. Lee Charlotte Wickham Lee I enclose a letter just recd & a million of kisses. I sent Fitzhugh his shirts & heard of him this morg from from Col Starke just from his camp. He is well & wants to see you badly I... May 20, 1862
2731 Robert E. Lee Joseph E. Johnston The President desires to know the number of troops around Richmond, how they are posted and the organization of the divisions and brigades; also the programme of operations which you propose. The... May 21, 1862
2732 Robert E. Lee, Jr. Robert E. Lee I write to you as soon as practicable to let you know that I am safe untouched by shot shell or steel though the mercy of Providence. On the 23d inst when at Luray we were ordered to to [sic] cook... May 25, 1862
2733 Robert E. Lee, Jr. Robert E. Lee I write to you as soon as practicable to let you know that I am safe untouched by shot shell or steel though the mercy of Providence. On the 23d inst when at Luray we were ordered to to [sic] cook... May 26, 1862
2734 Robert E. Lee Eleanor Agnes Lee I recd. yesterday your note of the 23rd accompd Charlottes, & to day that of the 26th accompd a letter to Mary arrived. They both gave me great pleasure & I am much soothed in your absence... May 29, 1862
2735 - - Governor: Your letter of May 23 has been received. I thank you most cordially for the freedom with which you have made your suggestions about the state of affairs at Charleston and will assure you... May 29, 1862
2736 Robert E. Lee John C. Pemberton General: It is desired that you give particular attention to the condition of the fortifications in Charleston Harbor, not only as regards the armament and supplies, but also as regards the... May 29, 1862
2737 Jefferson Davis Robert E. Lee Sir: The unfortunate casualty which has deprived the army in front of Richmond of its immediate commander, General Johnston, renders it necessary to interfere temporarily with the duties to which... Jun. 1, 1862
2738 Robert E. Lee W. H. Stevens Major: I desire you to make an examination of the country in the vicinity of the line which our army now occupies, with a view of ascertaining the best position in which we may fight a battle or... Jun. 3, 1862
2739 Robert E. Lee W. H. Stevens Major: I am much gratified to learn by your letter of to-day that you have commenced a line for the occupation of our troops and hope you may be able to obtain a satisfactory one. Strengthen its... Jun. 4, 1862
2740 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet My Dear General: I have just received your note of this evening. General Jones’ division has been moved to the left to rejoin General Magruder’s command. Smith’s division, General Whiting, occupies... Jun. 6, 1862
2741 Robert E. Lee George W. Randolph I grieve at the death of General Ashby. I hope he will find a successor. I doubt whether Radford1 would be. Ransom cannot be spared from his brigade, nor would he, I presume, exchange his command... Jun. 7, 1862
2742 Robert E. Lee George W. Randolph The Hon. Secretary of War,Richmond, VA.Sir: I have the honor to inclose to you a list of details and transfers from this army to service in hospitals, in the quartermaster’s department, and to... Jun. 8, 1862
2743 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: Your letter of the 6th [addressed to General Johnston] has been received. I congratulate you upon defeating and then avoiding your enemy. Your march to Winchester has been of great... Jun. 8, 1862
2744 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee I have heard with great delight of your arrival in Richmond. I am strongly tempted to go in to see you. My Constant duties here alone prevent, & preparations for the anticipated movement of... Jun. 10, 1862
2745 Robert E. Lee Jeb Stuart General: You are desired to make a secret movement to the rear of the enemy, now posted on Chickahominy, with a view of gaining intelligence of his operations, communications, &c.; of driving... Jun. 11, 1862
2746 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: Your recent successes have been the cause of the liveliest joy in this army as well as in the country. The admiration excited by your skill and boldness has been constantly mingled with... Jun. 11, 1862
2747 Robert E. Lee George W. Randolph If you intend riding this afternoon, you will greatly oblige me if you can make it convenient to call by my Hd Qrs. I am desirous to see you, but find it out of my power to be absent long enough to... Jun. 16, 1862
2748 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: I have received your letter by the Hon. Mr. Boteler. I hope you will be able to recruit and refresh your troops sufficiently for the movement proposed in my letter of the 11th. You have... Jun. 16, 1862
2749 Anne Carter Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Here we are at the end of our journey at Jones’ North Carolina. Mr Leigh left us this morning early before we were up. I feel perfectly lone & lost & begged him to come back just as soon as... Jun. 18, 1862
2750 Robert E. Lee Charlotte Georgiana Wickham Lee I must take part of this holy day, my dearest Chass, to thank you for your letter of the 14th. I am very glad that my communication after the battle reached you so opportunely, and relieved your... Jun. 22, 1862