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Letters

2,901-2,950 of 4,644 letters
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2901 Jeb Stuart Robert E. Lee I have the honor to report that I reached the Va shore with my entire command to-day. My passage of the Potomac was opposed by Stoneman’s Brigade, but we were fortunate enough to elude him without... Oct. 12, 1862
2902 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee I have not laid eyes upon him2 since I saw him in the battle of Sharpsburg, going in with a single gun of his battery, for the second time, after his company had been withdrawn in consequence of... Oct. 12, 1862
2903 Eleanor Agnes Lee Mildred Childe Lee I am indeed sorry dear Mildred that you were so disappointed in “St. Marys,” though of course I make some little allowance for slight exaggeration just to make it more interesting you know. But it... Oct. 13, 1862
2904 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Mary Custis Lee I only received your letter last night my dear Mary too late to write for the next mail & now this must lay over until Monday. I am truly grieved to hear of your suffering. How did you take... Oct. 18, 1862
2905 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Mildred Childe Lee Your sister Annie left us this morning at 7 o’clock for a better world where her dear grandmamma will be ready to receive her oh may we all meet her where there will be no more sin or sorrow but... Oct. 20, 1862
2906 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet I wish you to direct Gen Walker’s Division to proceed to Paris via Millwood, and to take post either at that place, Upperville, or on Crooked Creek in the vicinity of Piedmont. It will be necessary... Oct. 22, 1862
2907 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Mary Custis Lee I have this moment returned my dear Mary from paying the last sad duties at your sister’s grave. She is placed in a lovely secluded spot which the foot of the enemy can never desecrate & tho’... Oct. 23, 1862
2908 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee I cannot express my dear Mary the anguish I feel at the death of our sweet Annie. To know that I shall never see her again on earth, that her place in our circle which I always hope one day to... Oct. 26, 1862
2909 Eleanor Agnes Lee Mildred Childe Lee Your letter, dear Sister, was given Mamma on our arrival Saturday. I do indeed wish you could have been with us, but the telegram could hardly have surprised you more then the knowledge that she... Oct. 27, 1862
2910 Robert E. Lee Jefferson Davis Recd at Richmond, Oct. 28, 1862. By Telegraph from Hd Qrs A. N. W. 28To His Excellency The Presdt Jeff Davis.Your dispatch of 25th rec’d will make the arrangement you desire as soon as... Oct. 28, 1862
2911 Robert E. Lee, Jr. Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Pa sent me by a courier night before last your letter of the 25 inst, announcing the death of my darling sister Annie, I could not then nor can I now realize that I shall never see her any more in... Oct. 30, 1862
2912 Robert E. Lee Jeb Stuart General: Your letter of the 31st ultimo, with reference to the inspection report of the batteries in your command, is received.I am aware of the difficulties under which those batteries labor, and... Nov. 2, 1862
2913 Robert E. Lee Mildred Childe Lee Since we parted a great affliction has overwhelmed us. May God in his mercy turn it to our benefit & cause us to be prepared for the summons to his presence. Now that your dear sister has been... Nov. 3, 1862
2914 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee I reached here safely yesterday evg dear Mary. I felt very sad at leaving you & every time I take my departure the feeling increases. The probability of return grows dimmer. The prospect of the... Nov. 6, 1862
2915 Eleanor Agnes Lee Mildred Childe Lee You will be surprised at the date of my letter, dear Sister but it was necessary for me to go to a dentist immediately & Belle Harrison recommended one so highly here I came here last Wed.... Nov. 7, 1862
2916 Robert E. Lee George Washington Custis I have received a letter from Mr. William F. Taylor, cashier Bank of Virginia, saying he had sold the Hudson River Railroad coupons @ 150 per cent premium—City of Pittsburg Railroad coupons @ 100... Nov. 10, 1862
2917 Robert E. Lee Mildred Childe Lee I have just recd. your letter of the 26th. I sympathize deeply in your lonileness [sic] & grief. God only knows how sad & distressed I am. But I sorrow for those left behind, not for the... Nov. 10, 1862
2918 Robert E. Lee Anne Butler Carter Wickham I cannot help expressing my great regret that Wms2 should again have been wounded. I regret it on my own account, on his & on hers; but I particularly regret it on account of the country, who... Nov. 11, 1862
2919 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee I recd. your note dear Mary by Bryan with the socks. I shall have no difficulty in disposing of the latter & will try & find a man with shoes to put over them. The weather has become fine... Nov. 13, 1862
2920 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson Your letter of the 10th instant, by courier, and telegraphic dispatch of today have been received. The withdrawal of the enemy from the Blue Ridge, and concentration at Warrenton and Waterloo, show... Nov. 14, 1862
2921 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Mildred Childe Lee Your very prompt reply to my letter deserved an answer sooner, but I have been daily expecting to receive the things poor cousin Julia so that I could send them all at once. However as you have a... Nov. 15, 1862
2922 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet Your note is rec’d. I regret I did not see you this morning. Genl Stuart is here, and thinks the enemy is moving towards Fredericksburg. They have placed pickets at the Ford of the Rappahannock,... Nov. 15, 1862
2923 Robert E. Lee William Bernard Ball Colonel: I informed you yesterday, by telegraph, that I desired the railroad between Fredericksburg and Aquia Creek to be entirely broken up. The bridges and culverts must be thoroughly destroyed,... Nov. 15, 1862
2924 Robert E. Lee William Henry Fitzhugh Lee General: I request you to order the Sixty-first Virginia Volunteers, Colonel Groner commanding, and the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues, Captain Grandy commanding, to proceed at once to... Nov. 15, 1862
2925 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet I have heard nothing of any movements of the enemy to day. Gen Jackson in answer to my dispatch to send through the mountains to ascertain, telegraphs that Capt Gibson of the 6th Va cav., scouting... Nov. 16, 1862
2926 Robert E. Lee George W. Randolph From the general reports received from the scouts yesterday, it is plain that the enemy is abandoning his position around Warrenton, and does not intend to advance in the direction first assumed.... Nov. 17, 1862
2927 Robert E. Lee George W. Randolph Sir: Your letter of the 14th has been received. I am very glad to learn of your purpose to send to Texas to purchase horses for the cavalry. The future supply of subsistence for the army is to me a... Nov. 17, 1862
2928 Robert E. Lee Jefferson Davis Mr. President: There is a general movement of the enemy from Warrenton, and he is falling down to the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. I am not certain as to his destination. There are indications... Nov. 17, 1862
2929 Robert E. Lee George Duffy MajorI take advantage of your kind offer & Send one of my horses to have a shoe put on. If Convenient please have it attended to. The other horses I think will answer for the presentvery trulyR... Nov. 18, 1862
2930 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet I send you a dispatch just recd from Genl Jackson; also one from Lieut Smith who is north of the Rappahannock. By the former it wd. appear that the enemy is strengthening himself at Harpers Ferry... Nov. 18, 1862
2931 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee I have recd. dear Mary your letter by Mrs Withers brother & am very glad to hear that you are all well, & particularly that Chas & the baby are so prosperous. As regards Mildred no one... Nov. 18, 1862
2932 Robert E. Lee Samuel Cooper General: The force of the enemy reported yesterday to be moving toward Fredericksburg is stated by one of my scouts to be Sumner’s corps. His cavalry, with one battery of horse artillery, reached... Nov. 18, 1862
2933 Robert E. Lee Samuel Cooper General: It may be interesting to the Department to know, while considering the sources from which supplies for the army can be obtained, that much subsistence can be procured in the counties of... Nov. 18, 1862
2934 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: Your letter of the 17th is just received. I think there must be some mistake about the enemy’s being re-enforced at Harper’s Ferry, inasmuch as information from Washington states that... Nov. 18, 1862
2935 Robert E. Lee James Longstreet A dispatch received from Gen Stuart this morning dated Warrenton 6 ½ P.M. yesterday states that the loss of the enemy’s infantry and artillery passed through that place at 2 P.M. The last of the... Nov. 19, 1862
2936 Robert E. Lee Jefferson Davis Mr. President: General Stuart wrote to me from Warrenton, 6.30 p.m. yesterday, that the last of the enemy’s infantry and artillery passed through that place at 2 p. m.; their cavalry at 3 p. m., in... Nov. 19, 1862
2937 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: Your letter of the 18th has been received. It is certainly important to deceive the enemy as long as possible as to our position and intentions, provided it is rendered certain that a... Nov. 19, 1862
2938 Robert E. Lee Jefferson Davis I think Burnside is concentrating his whole army opposite Fredericksburg.R. E. Lee.[Endorsed] 10/130 pd D Mc. Nov. 20, 1862 Genl R. E. Lee Fredericksburg Nov. 20, 1862
2939 Robert E. Lee Joseph E. Johnston I have just recd your note in reference to Capt Mason & LtCol Harvey. Although Sorry to part with them I will yield them to you if you desire. I have so informed Capt Mason who will probably... Nov. 21, 1862
2940 Robert E. Lee Samuel Cooper General Jackson telegraphs General Early cannot be spared. Can you get another commander for Western Virginia? Captain Mason will report to General Johnston. Colonel Harvie absent. Will submit... Nov. 21, 1862
2941 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee I have recd dearest Mary your letter of the 18th with the letters of Marshall & Markie enclosed. I was much gratified at their perusal & particularly glad to hear of my poor sisters... Nov. 22, 1862
2942 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: Should my former dispatches have been received, you will have been informed of the position of the enemy and of that portion of the army with me. I will, however, report that General... Nov. 23, 1862
2943 Robert E. Lee Mary Custis Lee I have just recd your letter of the 17th which has afforded me great gratification. I regretted not finding you in Richd & grieve over every opportunity of Seeing you that is lost, for I fear... Nov. 24, 1862
2944 Robert E. Lee Gustavus W. Smith I enclose your Two notices of details from the Chief Surgeon's office General Hospital Richmond, which I do not understand, as it is not stated on what duty the men are detailed, nor do I know... Nov. 25, 1862
2945 Robert E. Lee James A. Seddon Sir: In carrying out the policy of the Government of brigading the troops according to the States from which they come, I have found it necessary to dismember the brigade commanded by Brig. Gen.... Nov. 25, 1862
2946 Robert E. Lee Jefferson Davis Mr. President: I have endeavored for some time to avoid the necessity of pursuing the course I am now about to take; but the representations of the division commanders under whom Brig. Gen. Thomas... Nov. 25, 1862
2947 Robert E. Lee Jefferson Davis Mr. President: I have endeavored in my official communication to the Adjutant and Inspector General of the Army to keep you apprised of the military condition of affairs on this frontier.For the... Nov. 25, 1862
2948 Robert E. Lee Roger Atkinson Pryor General: Your letter of the 23d instant has just been received. I regret my inability to detach from this army the two regiments you desire to constitute a brigade, to operate on the Blackwater,... Nov. 25, 1862
2949 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: From your letter of the 21st, which, with its inclosures, I received last night, I infer that your command is in motion up the valley. I wrote to you on the 23d instant, suggesting that... Nov. 25, 1862
2950 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: I received this evening your note of 7.10 a.m., from near Strasburg. I wrote to you this morning, and referred on a communication forwarded on the 23d instant. In both I gave the position... Nov. 25, 1862