Letter
R. E. Lee, May 9, 1861
DIVISION HEADQUARTERS, Harper’s Ferry, May 9, 1861. Major-General LEE, Commander Virginia Forces : GENERAL: If this place is attacked, we may expect the enemy to make a free use of…
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Letters from Robert E. Lee
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R. E. Lee, May 4, 1861
Richmond, Va., May 4, 1861. Col. GEORGE A. PORTERFIELD, Harper’s Ferry, Va.: COLONEL: You are directed to repair to Grafton, Taylor County, Virginia, and select a position for the troops…
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R. E. Lee, May 3, 1861
Richmond, Va., May 3, 1861. General P. ST. GEORGE COCKE, Alexandria, Va. : GENERAL: Under the authority of the governor of Virginia, by his — proclamation of the 3d instant,…
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R. E. Lee, April 24, 1861
Richmond, Va., April 24, 1861. General P. St. GEORGE COCKE: GENERAL: Your dispatch of the 24th is at hand. I rejoice that you so fully recognize the proper policy to…
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Lee, June 6, 1861
Staunton, Va., June 6, 1861. Col. G. A. PORTERFIELD, Commanding Virginia Forces, Beverly, Va.: COLONEL: I send you a supply of ammunition by Messrs. Trotter and Crawford, an account of…