937 Series I Volume LII-I Serial 109 - Supplements Part I
| Page 937 | Chapter LXIII. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.- CONFEDERTATE. |
fearful struggles forth last ten days. Your last dispatch afforded great satisfactiona dn relief. YOu shall be kept suplied and sustained with all the resources that the Deaprtment can command.
JAS. A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.
[36.]
MAY 16, 1864.
GenerL R. E. LEE.:
GENERAL: I have just received a note from Generqal Chambliss. He has been driving in enemy's pickets at Smith; 's Mill, and they in turn drove his bck. He has a good position at Stanard's Mill, and will not fail to discover a general advnce. Major Clement has orders, if forced back, tocross at Crutchfield's Mill Ford and join General Anderson's right. Ishould not judte from GenerL Chambliss' dispatch, anmd fromwhat his courier reports, that it was a general advance. GenerL Anderson will be kept informed of all ovements.
W. H. F. LEE,
Major-General.
[36.]
HEADUQARTES,
May 16, 1864 - 7.30 p. m.
GenerL R. E. LEE:
GENERAL: The eemy still ontinue to picket the any at Clark's Mill bridge and Smith's Mill bridge. General C[hambliss], with two regiments and two pieces of artillery, is at Stanard's Mill. His pickets extend to SMith's Mill and connect with vedettes at Quesenberry's in front of enemy's line. I can see little or no change since yesteday. I do not look upon their picketing Smith's Mill bridge as anything more than a security to their pickets at Masspaponax Church. I have sent scouts out andhope to hear from them in the morning.
Resepctfully,
W. H. F. LEE,
Major-General.
[36.]
WILLIAMSBURG ROAD, May 16, 1864.
General BRAGG,
Richmond, Va.:
Arrangements have been made togive us notice of anymobvement on our left. I shall be with mainforce on Darbhytown road some six miles from Richmond. Will have couriers at office on WIllimasburg road. There are 1,500 locals to hold the Williamsburg road.
FITZ. LEE,
Major-General.
[a36.]
WILLIAMSBURG ROAD, May 16, 1864.
GenerL BRAXTON BRAGG,
Richmond, Va.:
The following dispatch was received this dy from GenerL R. E. Lee, viz:
If more cavalry be detahced fromthsi army it will be impossible to ascertin the enemy's movements. The cavalry from north Carolina and South Carolina must be called uon, and any otehre that can be had, and put inone body.
FITZ. LEE,
Major-General.
[36.]
| Page 937 | Chapter LXIII. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.- CONFEDERTATE. |
- Confederate President Jefferson Davis calls for March 27 to be a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer.
- Following the Underground Railroad Route By Bicycle
- March is Women's History Month! Read the fascinating accounts of women spies hiding coded messages in women's hair, conductors of the Underground Railroad, soldiers disguised as men, surgeons, and advisors to the President!
- Teachers tackle race, economic disparity and history
- The President's Hymn: 'Give Thanks All Ye People'
- Thanksgiving Day during the Civil War
- Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation in a divided time: ‘one heart and one voice by the whole American People’
- What Abraham Lincoln found reading the Book of Job amid civil war
- Civil War stories on display at Lincoln Highway museum in Unity
- Who was Henry Benning, for whom Fort Benning in Columbus was named?
- Fort Gordon Army Base: Who was John Brown Gordon?
- From the Civil War to the football field, we have been celebrating the wrong values
- History and Healing: Removing Controversial Artifacts from the Civic Landscape
- How to Reframe the Civil War in the Classroom
- Man scores Abraham Lincoln autograph in box of trading cards
- Native Americans' role in the Civil War
- Abraham Lincoln Healed a Divided Nation. We Should Heed His Words Today.
- An escaped slave was the 'Florence Nightingale’ of Indiana's Civil War regiment
- A Southern Democrat survived impeachment trap and came to be in charge of Reconstruction
- New Statue Unveiled In Response To Richmond's Confederate Monuments