Summary:
Robert E. Lee writes General James Longstreet concerning convalescents returning to the army in June, 1863. Lee informs Longstreet that the convalescents have been sent to Staunton, and he asks that the general send them their orders there.

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Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet,
Comdg. Corps:

June 15, 1863.

Gen.:

The convalescents belonging to your corps have been ordered to proceed by Staunton in small parties, in charge of an officer in all cases. Please send to that point more definite instructions in regard to the route by which they will reach you, and have provision made for their rations in passing up the Valley.

I am, very respectfully, 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 27, Serial No. 45, Pages 891, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.