Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879 to Robert E. Lee
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00536 Author/Creator: Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879 Place Written: s.l. Type: Letter signed Date: May 14, 1863 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 25.3 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Written on Headquarters, Army of the Potomac stationery, following the Battle of Chancellorsville. Hooker, Union General commanding the Army of the Potomac writes to Lee, Commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. States "On learning yesterday afternoon through my Medical Officers who have returned from your lines, that permission would be given to throw a bridge across the river at the U. S. Ford to enable our ambulance trains to proceed to the hospitals in the vicinity of Chancellorsville for our wounded I at once gave directions to have the bridge laid at an early hour this morning." Attests that the bridge will not be used for any purpose other than to retrieve wounded soldiers. Confirms that when the wounded are removed, the bridge will be returned to the location from where it was taken. Docketed by Walter H. Taylor, Adjutant General of the Army of Northern Virginia and Lee's aide-de-camp. Taylor states "Was not this arranged by the Genl on yesterday?"
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