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French, Samuel Bassett, 1820-1898 to Robert E. Lee

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02736 Author/Creator: French, Samuel Bassett, 1820-1898 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Autograph note signed Date: 18 March 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 20 cm, Width: 17 cm Order a Copy

Informs Lee that the 130th Virginia Militia Regiment, commanded by John Williams, from Floyd County, in southwestern Virginia, has left for Richmond. Docket repeats the contents of the note. Verso also contains Taylor's autograph endorsement signed.

Lee had just recently been called to Richmond to be President Davis's principal military advisor. With Union armies on the offensive on the Peninsula, in the Shenandoah Valley, and north of Fredericksburg, it was incumbent upon Lee to work with the state militia to bring out all available regiments to help reinforce vital positions, especially the Confederate capital itself.

Taylor, Walter Herron, 1838-1916
French, Samuel Bassett, 1820-1898
Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

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