Summary:
Robert E. Lee writes to Secretary of War Randolph in November, 1862. He discusses the army's lack of shoes and blankets. He discusses blankets and shoes received by Thomas J. Jackson from Staunton.

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Hon. GEORGE W. RANDOLPH,
Secretary of War, Richmond, Va.:

November 14, 1862.

SIR:

I am unable at this time to answer specifically your telegram in reference to the number of shoes required in this army. By a report received from Gen. Longstreet to-day, the number of men in his corps without shoes in this vicinity is 6,648. This does not include Gen. Ransom's division of two brigades, now at Madison, the reserve artillery, or cavalry. When the 3,000 arrive (which you stated were to have been forwarded from Richmond yesterday), it will reduce the number required by the number received. The shoes and blankets that were forwarded to Staunton were appropriated to Gen. Jackson's corps, who has informed me that they have been issued, and he still has men without shoes or blankets; the exact number I do not know.

I have the honor to be, with great respect, your obedient servant,

R. E. LEE,
Gen.

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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 718, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.