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Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870 to James Ewell Brown Stuart

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01057 Author/Creator: Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870 Place Written: Hdqurs Type: Autograph letter signed Date: December 26, 1863 Pagination: 1 p. 20 x 21 cm Order a Copy

With an AES by Stuart referring the note to Gen. Lomax. Lee forwards a report of a build-up at Culpepper Court House and orders "Keep every one on the alert." Dated at 5 1/4 P.M. Stuart has underscored in his own note: "Vigilance is the word."

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870
Stuart, James Ewell Brown, 1833-1864

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