Records Related to Augusta County Regiments



From: R. E. LEE, Gen.
May 19, 1864

Summary:
Robert E. Lee writes in May, 1864, to Confederate General John C. Breckinridge, commanding at Staunton, to ask for cavalry reinforcements.


Maj. Gen. J. C. BRECKINRIDGE,
Staunton:

May 19, 1864

Is there any cavalry in your department that can be spared for service here?

R. E. LEE,
Gen.


Bibliographic Information : Letter Reproduced from The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 1, Volume 37, Serial No. 70, Pages 743, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.


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