Summary:
Confederate artillery colonel Stephen Lee writes to General William Pendleton in October, 1862. He discusses orders to move crippled guns, ammunition, and horses to Staunton to be turned over to the quartermaster.

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Brig.-Gen. PENDLETON.

MAJ. RICHARDSON'S CAMP,

October 8, 1862.

GEN.:

I saw Gen. Lee last evening. He says he wants the crippled guns sent to Staunton this evening or to-morrow. An officer from Gen. Jackson's corps and Gen. Longstreet's will be detailed by Col. Brown and myself to accompany the guns, with drivers, to Staunton, and return, with drivers, such of the horses as are fit for service, the rest to be turned over to the quartermaster in Staunton. The general does not wish any horses taken from the disbanded batteries, but indifferent horses may be exchanged. Though I get more men from Capt. Nelson than Maj. Nelson, the major took the pick of all his horses yesterday, so I will not be benefitted by any exchange. It is important that the guns start to-morrow morning.

Yours, respectfully,

S. D. LEE,
Col. Artillery, C. S. Army.

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Bibliographic Information : Letter Reproduced from The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 1, Volume 19, Serial No. 28, Pages 658, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.