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- GLC#
- GLC02736
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 18 March 1862
- Author/Creator
- French, Samuel Bassett, 1820-1898
- Title
- to Robert E. Lee
- Place Written
- Richmond, Virginia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 20 cm, Width: 17 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Informs Lee that the 130th Virginia Militia Regiment, commanded by John Williams, from Floyd County, in southwestern Virginia, has left for Richmond. Docket repeats the contents of the note. Verso also contains Taylor's autograph endorsement signed.
Lee had just recently been called to Richmond to be President Davis's principal military advisor. With Union armies on the offensive on the Peninsula, in the Shenandoah Valley, and north of Fredericksburg, it was incumbent upon Lee to work with the state militia to bring out all available regiments to help reinforce vital positions, especially the Confederate capital itself.
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