Robert Edward Lee Headquarters Papers, 1850–1876
Mss3 L515 a
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Abstract
Main Entry |
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807–1870. |
Title |
Headquarters papers, 1850–1876. |
Size |
816 items (7 manuscript boxes). |
Biographical Note |
Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), commanding general of the Army of
Northern Virginia, Confederate States of America. The records of his field headquarters, 1862-1865,
deal with daily reports, communications, and logistics. |
Summary |
The headquarters papers include order books and orders, circulars,
telegraph books and telegrams, correspondence, printed materials, reports, biographical information,
private writings of Lee, postwar memoirs, and newspaper clippings. |
Provenance |
Acquired through the merger of the Confederate Memorial
Association with the Virginia Historical Society in 1946. |
Restrictions |
None. |
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Collection Description
Introduction
Robert Edward Lee was born 19 January 1807 in Westmoreland County, Va., the son of Henry Lee and Ann Hill
(Carter) Lee. He and his family moved to Alexandria, Va., where Robert received his early education. In 1825 Lee
accepted an appointment to West Point, from which he graduated in 1829. Lee then served in the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, advancing through the ranks until 1852, when he was appointed the superintendent of the U. S. Military
Academy. It was during this period with the engineers that Lee married Mary Anna Randolph Custis and began a
family that would include seven children. In 1855, Lee joined the cavalry and was sent to Texas to serve from
1857 to 1861.
When it became apparent that Virginia would secede from the Union, Lee resigned his commission and
traveled to Richmond, Va., and was designated Commander and Chief of the military and naval forces of
Virginia by the governor. He then served as military advisor to President Jefferson Davis until May 1862,
when he took command of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
It was at that time that the field headquarters was established, staffed by experienced soldiers such as
Lafayette Guild, Henry Heth, Charles Marshall, Walter Herron Taylor, and Charles Venable. Lee and
his support staff dealt with the daily influx of various types of reports, issuing and receiving orders and
telegrams, and logistical planning, as well as the daily correspondence necessary to keep the president
informed. The headquarters was disbanded following the Army's surrender on 9 April 1865.
Lee returned to Richmond and later became president of Washington College at Lexington, Va. (Now
Washington and Lee University.) He died in Lexington on 12 October 1870, where he is buried.
Some materials were added to this collection by Lee himself following the war, and after that by former
staff officers and potential historians of the Army of Northern Virginia. Osmun Latrobe and Walter Taylor
have a large quantity of entries because of their service as assistant adjutant generals.
Description
This collection has been divided into twelve series, each arranged in chronological order. Series One includes
all loose papers concerning 1862 (reports, orders, and newspaper clippings). Series Two contains a telegraph
book for the Headquarters, Army of Northern Virginia, from 15 March 1862 to 8 October 1864, with endorsements
given over that same period of time [indexed]. Series Three consists of a letterbook for the Army of Northern
Virginia from 7 June 1863 to 12 October 1864. Many of these letters can be found in numerous volumes of
The War of the Rebellion : a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies.
(Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1880–1901). Series Four consists of papers concerning 1863 (including
correspondence, orders, and reports).
Series Five contains the bound reports of Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox [1824–1865] concerning his operations
as general, Confederate States Army, from 1863–1865. Series Six includes the reports and public letters of
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard [1818–1893] from 24 April 1864 to 15 April 1865 in three bound
volumes. Also, includes telegrams of Beauregard from 25 April 1864 to 22 February 1865. Series
Seven contains papers concerning 1864 (includes correspondence, orders, reports, and telegrams).
Series Eight contains wartime papers for the year 1865 (includes order book for 1865, correspondence,
orders, circulars, printed materials, reports, and telegrams for the months of January through May).
Series Nine is made up of Robert E. Lee's personal papers (including meditations, biographical information,
reports concerning Lee's commission in the United States Army, postwar correspondence, and newspaper clippings).
Series Ten consists of reminiscences by Lee and various acquaintances (including newspaper articles, estimates
of troop strength, reports of operations, correspondence concerning the Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.,
diagrams of the Battle of Sharpsburg, and biographical information). Series Eleven contains papers concerning
postwar politics (taking the oath of allegiance, the political climate in Maryland, South Carolina, and Virginia,
rejoining the Union, emigration to Mexico, and amending the Constitution of the United States). Series Twelve
consists of all printed materials that were separate from the main collection. These include general orders
of the U. S. Army for 1855 to 1860 and of the C. S. Army for 1863 to 1865. Also, contains flyers, circulars,
book inserts, and addresses and speeches, all collected during the war or soon after.
Many of these papers have been annotated or signed by Robert E. Lee.
Following the papers, in Box 8, are cataloging and processing notes documenting earlier arrangements of the materials.
Guide
The papers are grouped by year and, where necessary (as in the case of 1865), further subdivided by month.
Within these chronological groupings materials are sorted into the following categories: correspondence, orders
and circulars, reports, and telegrams. There are, as always, a few exceptions, which are clearly noted. Series
Nine through Twelve deal with specific subjects, and materials therein are filed in strict chronological order.
The index located at the end of this guide can also be used quickly to find one specific subject or person. The
numbers located in the index refer to the number of that item and its corresponding position within the collection.
When requesting materials from the Lee Headquarters Papers, be sure to include the manuscript call
number [Mss3L515a], the item number, and the specific title of the item.
This arrangement and guide replaces the previous card catalog description and the earlier guide produced by
William Gordon McCabe.
Series 1: 1862
Folder 1. 1862
Item 1 | A. P. Hill's report on the battles of Shepherdstown, Cedar Run, Second Manassas, Harpers Ferry, and Sharpsburg [n.d., draft in pencil] |
Item 2 | Battle of Sharpsburg [N.Y. Tribune] |
Item 3 | General Orders no. 34, Headquarters Department of Northern Virginia [23 March 1862] | |
Series 2: Telegraph Book, 1862–1864
Folder 2. 1862–1864 Telegraph Book
Item 4 | Telegraph Book, Headquarters, Army of Northern Virginia. 15 March 1862–8 October 1864 (also includes endorsements over the same time period)
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Series 3: Letterbook, 1863–1864
Folder 3. 1863–1864 Letterbook
Item 5. | Letterbook, Headquarters, Army of Northern Virginia. 7 June 1863–12 October 1864
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Series 4: 1863
Folder 4: 1863 -- Correspondence
Item 6 | H. C. Dallam to Charles Marshall [4 June 1863] concerning personal and family information |
Item 7 | Samuel Cooper to R. E. Lee [29 June 1863] dealing with enemy on peninsula near Richmond |
Item 8 | R. E. Lee to Robert Emmet Rodes [8 October 1863] copy of order |
Item 9 | Richard Stoddert Ewell to Robert Emmet Rodes [8 October 1863] copy of order |
Item 10 | Edward Willis to Robert Emmet Rodes [25 October 1863] concerning Battle of Kellys Ford |
Item 11 | Robert Emmet Rodes to A. S. Pendelton [25 October 1863] asking for confirmation of relief of post at Kellys Ford
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Folder 5: 1863 -- Orders
Item 12 | General Orders Book for 1863 (published edition in 1864) |
Item 13 | General Orders no. 76, Army of Northern Virginia [copy] [11 July 1863] |
Item 14 | General Orders no. 81, Army of Northern Virginia [copy] [5 August 1863] |
Item 15 | General Orders no. 111 [31 December 1863] W. Taylor to Hampton, concerns furloughs
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Folder 6: 1863 -- Reports
Item 16 | A. P. Hill's report describing skirmishes south of the Rappahannock [n.d.] |
Item 17 | A. P. Hill's report [1 January 1863] on the Battle of Fredericksburg [original] |
Item 18 | Army of Northern Virginia, Battle report for June to August 1863 [bound] |
Item 19 | A. P. Hill's report of operations of Army 3rd Corps at Gettysburg [draft in pencil] |
Item 20 | James Longstreet's report [27 July 1863]: on the Battle of Gettysburg [copy] |
Item 21 | Report of 2nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment by Walter S. Stallings [11 November 1863]: concerning Kellys Ford on 7 November |
Item 22 | Report of the 30th North Carolina Infantry Regiment by John C. McMillan [11 November 1863]: explaining why so many Carolinians were captured at Kellys Ford |
Item 23 | Report of Rodes division [12 November 1863]: casualties from 8 October to 6 November 1863 by R. R. Hutchinson |
Item 24 | Report of Rodes division [12 November 1863]: casualties from 7 to 8 November 1863 by R. R. Hutchinson |
Item 25 | Report of Rodes division [3 December 1863]: casualties and captured, 26 November to 3 December 1863 by Moses Green Peyton
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Series 5: Reports, 1863–1865, of Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox
Folder 7. Reports, 1863–1865
Item 26 | Reports, 1863–1865, by Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox concerning operations at Salem Church, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of the Wilderness, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Ream's Station, Bellefield, Evacuation of Petersburg, as well as the retreat and surrender [bound volume]. Typescript transcription is available
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Series 6: Reports and Public Letters, 1864–1865, of P.G. T. Beauregard
Folder 8. Reports and Public Letters, 1864–1865 (copies made 25 November 1865)
Item 27 | 24 April 1864–9 June 1864 |
Item 28 | 10 June 1864–1 March 1865 |
Item 29 | 1 March 1865–15 April 1865 (also contains Telegrams 25 April 1864–22 February 1865) |
Item 30 | List of papers sent to R. E. Lee at Washington College through the politeness of William Hickens from G. T. Beauregard [25 November 1865] |
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Series 7 : 1864
Folder 9: 1864 -- Correspondence
Item 31 | J. C. Haskell to Osmun Latrobe [n.d.]: concerning horses and artillery batteries' readiness to be called out |
Item 32 | R. E. Lee dispatch to J. D. Imboden [25 May 1864]: ordering him to call out the reserves to meet the enemy |
Item 33 | R. E. Lee to James Alexander Seddon [28 May 1864]: concerning enemy troop movements |
Item 34 | Braxton Bragg to R. E. Lee [10 June 1864]: concerning raiding party cutting off his communications |
Item 35 | R. E. Lee to Jubal A. Early [12 October 1864]: battle news, which is appended to a note from Early [copy in Early’s hand] |
Item 36 | R. E. Lee to A. P. Hill [31 October 1864]: dealing with reports from Wade Hampton [copy] |
Item 37 | Robert F. Hoke to O. Latrobe [12 November 1864]: placing men unable to be in the service in the home guard |
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Folder 10: 1864 -- Orders
Item 38 | Special Order no. 77 [19 March 1864]: W. H. Taylor to James Longstreet, organization of artillery and assignment of field officers |
Item 39 | Orders of Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade to the U. S. Army of the Potomac for beginning of campaign 1864 [2 May 1864] |
Item 40 | General Orders no. 44 [20 May 1864]: death of J. E. B. Stuart and his honorable service to the cause |
Item 41 | Special Order [24 May 1864]: W. H. Taylor to Richard H. Anderson, change of command for Col. B. D. Fry |
Item 42 | Special Order [31 May 1864]: Charles Venable to Richard H. Anderson, reorganization of Kershaw's brigade |
Item 43 | Special Order [4 June 1864]: W. H. Taylor to James Longstreet, change of assignments for officers |
Item 44 | General Order [14 June 1864]: J. P. Smith, change of assignment |
Item 45 | Special Order [15 June 1864]: W. H. Taylor to R. H. Anderson, leave of absence |
Item 46 | Special Order [15 June 1864]: W. H. Taylor to R. H. Anderson, replacement of officer because of illness |
Item 47 | Special Order 151 [27 June 1864]: W. H. Taylor to R. H. Anderson, replacement of judge advocate general |
Item 48 | Special Order 153 [2 July 1864]: W. H. Taylor to R. H. Anderson, leave of absence for disability |
Item 49 | Special Order 156 [6 July 1864]: W. H. Taylor to R. H. Anderson, leave of absence for disability |
Item 50 | Special Order 161 [11 July 1864]: W. H. Taylor to R. H. Anderson, leave of absence for a disability |
Item 51 | Special Order 163 [13 July 1864]: H. B. McClellan to R. H. Anderson, leave of absence for married officers |
Item 52 | Special Order 164 [14 July 1864]: W. H. Taylor to R. H. Anderson, leave of absence |
Item 53 | Special Order 165 [15 July 1864]: W. H. Taylor to R. H. Anderson, leaves of absence for disability |
Item 54 | Special Order 167 [18 July 1864]: W. H. Taylor to R. H. Anderson, disallowing communication or fraternization with enemy pickets |
Item 55 | Special Order 176 [27 July 1864]: W. H. Taylor to R. H. Anderson, refer to trial all charges before the court |
Item 56 | Special Order 184 [6 August 1864]: W. H. Taylor to M. M. Donald, leave of absence for disability |
Item 57 | Special Order 184 [6 August 1864]: W. H. Taylor to R. H. Anderson, leave of absence for disability |
Item 58 | General Orders no. 54 [10 August 1864]: R. E. Lee, all persons not on leave must rejoin their units * |
Item 59 | Special Order 225 [19 September 1864]: W. H. Taylor to R. H. Anderson, concerning assistant quartermaster |
Item 60 | Special Order 234 [28 September 1864]: W. H. Taylor to R. H. Anderson, citizen witnesses attending military courts to be paid expenses and provided transportation |
Item 61 | Special Order 238 [7 October 1864]: W. H. Taylor to R. H. Anderson, leave of absence for disability |
Item 62 | Special Order 248 [17 October 1864]: W. H. Taylor to James Longstreet, Longstreet will assume command of his corps. R. H. Anderson will have 2 divisions of infantry; also where headquarters will be set up for both |
Item 63 | Special Order 251 [20 October 1864]: W. H. Taylor to James Longstreet, change of duty |
Item 64 | Special Order 254 [23 October 1864]: W. H. Taylor to James Longstreet, assignment of duty |
Item 65 | Special Order 273 [11 November 1864]: W. H. Taylor to James Longstreet, brigade commander will act as inspector if there is no brigade inspector |
Item 66 | Special Order 274 [12 November 1864]: W. H. Taylor to James Longstreet, leave of absence |
Item 67 | Special Order 286 [24 November 1864]: W. H. Taylor to James Longstreet, issuing of candles |
Item 68 | Special Order 302 [10 December 1864]: W. H. Taylor to James Longstreet, all officers at Camp Lee to rejoin regiments |
Item 69 | Special Order 309 [17 December 1864]: W. H. Taylor to James Longstreet, leave of absence |
Item 70 | Special Order 311 [19 December 1864]: W. H. Taylor to James Longstreet, leave of absence |
Item 71 | Special Order 319 [28 December 1864]: W. H. Taylor to James Longstreet, leave of absence |
Item 72 | Special Order 322 [31 December 1864]: W. H. Taylor to James Longstreet, leave of absence | |
Folder 11: 1864 -- Reports, January-September
Item 73 | Memorandum of strength of Army of N. Va. [n.d.] |
Item 74 | blank travel pass [1864] |
Item 75 | blank travel pass [1864] |
Item 76 | Rodes division, report of operations to A. S. Pendleton, concerning Mine Run [February 25, 1864] |
Item 77 | James Longstreet, partial report of East Tennessee operation and the Wilderness [1864] with R. E. Lee's handwriting |
Item 78 | Rodes division, record [4 May 1864] |
Item 79 | List of casualties for Lane's Brigade from 5 May 1864 to 1 October 1864 |
Item 80 | John B. Gordon, report of operations from 5 May to 14 May 1864 [5 July 1864] concerning the Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House |
Item 81 | Wade Hampton, report on operation of 1st and 2nd divisions of Cavalry from 8 June to 26 July [9 July 1864] [copy] |
Item 82 | Wade Hampton, report on the engagement at Tappony Church, 28 June 1864 [10 July 1864] [copy] |
Item 83 | John B. Gordon, report on Battle of Monacacy, 22 July 1864 |
Item 84 | Monthly return of Cavalry corps, Army N. Va., commanded by Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton for August 1864 at Dinwiddie County, Va. |
Item 85 | Stephen Dodson Ramseur, report of Spotsylvania and Wilderness campaign for Early's division, 3 August 1864 |
Item 86 | Thomas R. Rootes, copies of reports of James River Squadron while cooperating with the Army of Northern Va., operations near "Signal Hill" and Fort Harrison [August 1864] |
Item 87 | Wade Hampton, report of the fighting at Ream's Station, 25 August 1864 [29 August 1864] [copy] |
Item 88 | Wade Hampton, report of "Cattle Raid" near Sycamore Church and casualty report [27 September 1864] |
Item 89 | Monthly return of Cavalry corps, Army N. Va., commanded by Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton for September 1864 at Dinwiddie County, Va. |
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Folder 12: 1864 -- Reports, November-December
Item 90 | Monthly return of Cavalry corps, Army N. Va., commanded by Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton for October 1864 at Dinwiddie County, Va. |
Item 91 | Monthly return of Cavalry corps, Army N. Va., commanded by Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton for November 1864 at Dinwiddie County, Va. |
Item 92 | George Gordon Meade, report to U. S. Grant on the operations of the Army of the Potomac from the commencement of the 1864 campaign to 1 November 1864 by Theodore S. Bowers |
Item 93 | Wade Hampton, report of operations from 27 September to 3 October 1864 [21 November 1864] |
Item 94 | Wade Hampton, report of Burgess Mill [21 November 1864] |
Item 95 | Armistead Lindsay Long, official report [copy] of the Spotsylvania campaign in 1864 |
Item 96 | Monthly return of Cavalry corps, Army N. Va., commanded by Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton for December 1864 at Hicksford, Va. |
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Folder 13: 1864 -- Telegrams
Item 97 | R. E. Lee to James Longstreet [9 [?] 1864]: only attack if advantageous |
Item 98 | R. E. Lee to Secretary of War [5,6,7, and 11 May 1864]: relating to enemy movements and battle information [copies] |
Item 99 | Braxton Bragg to R. E. Lee [14 May 1864]: battle report from Richmond |
Item 100 | P. G. T. Beauregard to Braxton Bragg [9 June 1864]: news of Battle of Petersburg [copy] |
Item 101 | P. G. T. Beauregard to Braxton Bragg [9 June 1864]: enemy movements [copy] |
Item 102 | W. H. Taylor to James Longstreet [29 November 1864]: report from scouts |
Item 103 | R. E. Lee to James Longstreet [29 November 1864]: enemy troop movements [2 sides] |
Item 104 | R. E. Lee to James Longstreet [5 December 1864]: asking for report of enemy activity and telling of African American troops being replaced by whites |
Item 105 | R. E. Lee to James Longstreet [7 December 1864]: enemy troop sightings |
Item 106 | G. E. Pickett to James Longstreet [7 December 1864]: being attacked |
Item 107 | R. E. Lee to James Longstreet [7 December 1864]: ordering troop movements |
Item 108 | R. E. Lee to James Longstreet [9 December 1864]: battle news |
Item 109 | R. E. Lee to James Longstreet [10 December 1864]: battle news |
Item 110 | R. E. Lee to James Longstreet [10 December 1864]: battle news |
Item 111 | R. E. Lee to James Longstreet [11 December 1864]: battle plans |
Item 112 | R. E. Lee to James Longstreet [14 December 1864]: asking for report of enemy activity |
Item 113 | R. E. Lee to James Longstreet [19 December 1864]: coded meeting |
Item 114 | R. E. Lee to James Longstreet [22 December 1864]: ordering troop movements |
Item 115 | R. E. Lee to James Longstreet [22 December 1864]: orders |
Item 116 | R. E. Lee to James Longstreet [23 December 1864]: send scouts out |
Item 117 | W. H. Taylor to James Longstreet [24 December 1864]: asking for troop movements |
Item 118 | R. E. Lee to James Longstreet [24 December 1864]: return to former positions |
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Series 8: 1865
Folder 14: 1865 Order Book
Item 119 | General and Special Order Book for the year 1865 |
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Folder 15: 1865 January
Item 120 | Letter, A. P. Hill to O. Latrobe [n.d.]: concerning execution of a soldier |
Item 121 | Letter, James P. Phillips to O. Latrobe [n.d. 1865]: concerning furloughs |
Item 122 | Letter, R. E. Colston to W. H. Taylor [4 January 1865]: names of soldiers who have not reported |
Item 123 | Letter, C. Venable to J. Longstreet [7 January 1865]: relative to the location of Gregg's cavalry |
Item 124 | Letter, R. E. Lee to J. Longstreet [7 January 1865]: relating to the consolidation of reduced regiments and brigades * |
Item 125 | Letter, C. Venable to J. Longstreet [16 January 1865]: route to Bellefield now open |
Item 126 | Letter, R. E. Lee to J. Longstreet [31 January 1865]: stating that U. S. Grant is being reinforced by troops from G. H. Thomas's army and that all should be readied at Richmond to meet the enemy |
Item 127 | Order, [2 January 1865]: W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet, please send reports earlier |
Item 128 | Special Order 5 [1 January 1865]: W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet, issuing of candles |
Item 129 | Order, [9 January 1865]: C. Venable to J. Longstreet, extra furloughs for unusual cases |
Item 130 | Special Order 9 [10 January 1865]: C. Venable to J. Longstreet, leave of absence |
Item 131 | Order, [11 January 1865]: C. Venable to J. Longstreet, relative to the route to be taken by furloughed officers going south |
Item 132 | Order, [14 January 1865]: C. Venable to J. Longstreet, no reports, no leaves of absences |
Item 133 | Special Order 18 [19 January 1865]: C. Venable to J. Longstreet, leave of absence |
Item 134 | Order, [23 January 1865]: C. Venable to J. Longstreet, ordinance requests |
Item 135 | Order, [25 January 1865]: C. Venable to J. Longstreet, General Order #2 is still in force |
Item 136 | Order, [27 January 1865]: C. Venable to J. Longstreet, revoking General Order #1, series 1864 |
Item 137 | Special Order 25 [27 January 1865]: C. Venable to S. C. Potts, leaves of absence for officers |
Item 138 | Order, [28 January 1865]: R. E. Lee to J. Longstreet, relate to the non-payments for the troops * |
Item 139 | Notice [printed] for Richmonders to send supplies for the army |
Item 140 | Appeal [printed] to citizens from R. E. Lee [25 January 1865] to turn in weapons for use by the cavalry (C.I.656–2) |
Item 141 | Reports of operations of Longstreet's Corps from 7 May 1864 - 19 October 1864 by W. H. Taylor [1865] |
Item 142 | Report of casualties of the 2nd corps during May 1864 by L. Guild, and of ordnance captured by the 2nd Corps during the same time period by W. Allan [5 January 1865] |
Item 143 | Wade Hampton, report of operations in defense of Bellefield, 7 December 1864 [21 January 1865] |
Item 144 | Official report [copy] of the taking of Fort Fisher, N.C., on 15 January 1865 by Major General W. H. C. Whiting at Ft. Columbus Hospital, Grooms Island, N.Y. Harbor [19 February 1865] |
Item 145 | Draft of telegram [n.d.]
| Item 146 | Telegram, G. W. C. Lee to O. Latrobe [n.d.]: enemy movements |
Item 147 | Telegram, Fitzhugh Lee to O. Latrobe [n.d.]: conditions of unit |
Item 148 | Telegram, E. Taylor to O. Latrobe [1865]: transportation for horses |
Item 149 | Telegram, Note, ? Taylor and R. S. Ewell mentioned [n.d.] |
Item 150 | Telegram, R. E. Lee to J. Longstreet [11 January 1865]: furloughed men cannot go by Danville or Greensborough |
Item 151 | Telegram, C. Venable to O. Latrobe [20 January 1865]: road open |
Item 152 | Telegram, R. E. Lee to J. Longstreet [30 January 1865]: battle plans |
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Folder 16: 1865 February - Correspondence
Item 153 | Letter, Jefferson Davis to John Breckinridge [8 February 1865]: with letter from R. E. Lee [154], giving account of suffering of troops from lack of food [copy] |
Item 154 | Letter, R. E. Lee to James Seddon [8 February 1865]: concerning lack of supplies for the troops |
Item 155 | Letter, R. E. Lee to J. Longstreet [9 February 1865]: suggesting relation to the picket lines from battlefields to Elliotts Salient * |
Item 156 | Letter, Rearing to O. Latrobe [15 February 1865]: awaiting instructions, Chevaux defense |
Item 157 | Letter, W. H. Taylor to O. Latrobe [17 February 1865]: wants reports sent earlier in the day |
Item 158 | Letter, Fitzhugh Lee to O. Latrobe [18 February 1865]: identifying nearest telegraph office to him |
Item 159 | Letter, Henry Edward Young to J. Longstreet [18 February 1865]: extending benefits of amnesty to deserters and A.W.O.L. under charge and punishment |
Item 160 | Letter, R. E. Lee to J. Breckinridge [19 February 1865]: movements of Sherman and Schofield, he would send Johnston to S. C. |
Item 161 | Letter, R. S. Ewell to C. Venable [20 February 1865]: return of prisoners and asks for orders to remove cotton and tobacco |
Item 162 | Letter, W. H. Taylor to Fitzhugh Lee [20 February 1865]: allowed to send commissary chief and mail carrier to Richmond while on duty |
Item 163 | Letter, Fitzhugh Lee to O. Latrobe [20 February 1865]: submits report of scouts |
Item 164 | Letter, Fitzhugh Lee to O. Latrobe [20 February 1865]: relates to passes for his men |
Item 165 | Letter, J. Breckinridge to R. E. Lee [20 February 1865]: concerning the planning of retreat from the cities [copy] |
Item 166 | Letter, J. M. Goggin to O. Latrobe [21 February 1865]: in regard to construction of order suspending furloughs |
Item 167 | Letter, S. Crutchfield to R. Cleary [21 February 1865]: movements of the enemy |
Item 168 | Letter, R. E. Lee to J. Breckinridge [21 February 1865]: concerning the abandoning of Richmond and moving the stores to Lynchburg [copy] |
Item 169 | Letter, J. Breckinridge to R. E. Lee [21 February 1865]: must defeat W. T. Sherman, you should gather troops to do this [copy] |
Item 170 | Letter, H. E. Young to J. Longstreet [22 February 1865]: concerning article 20, listing penalties for deserters |
Item 171 | Letter, R. E. Lee to J. Breckinridge [22 February 1865]: necessity of defeating Sherman and removing stores from Richmond |
Item 172 | Letter, Fitzhugh Lee to O. Latrobe [23 February 1865]: concerning telegraph office |
Item 173 | Letter, W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet [23 February 1865]: dissatisfaction among released prisoners in Richmond |
Item 174 | Letter, John A. Campbell to J. Breckinridge [23 February 1865]: suggestions for removal of stores from Richmond [copy] |
Item 175 | Letter, R. E. Lee to J. Breckinridge [24 February 1865]: alarming number of deserters from North Carolina regiments [copy] |
Item 176 | Letter, Secretary of War J. Breckinridge to R. E. Lee [25 February 1865]: concerning the deserters from North Carolina units [copy] |
Item 177 | Letter, W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet [25 February 1865]: asking for number of desertions |
Item 178 | Letter, G. W. C. Lee to O. Latrobe [25 February 1865]: submitting a statement of the length of parapet and picket line, as well as number of troops |
Item 179 | Letter, R. S. Ewell to J. Breckinridge [25 February 1865]: concerns the evacuation plans for Richmond |
Item 180 | Letter, Fitzhugh Lee to O. Latrobe [27 February 1865]: concerning troop locations as well as the arrests of deserters |
Item 181 | Letter, H. L. Benning to O. Latrobe [27 February 1865]: about movements of the enemy |
Item 182 | Letter, R. E. Lee to J. Breckinridge [28 February 1865]: concerning the moving of stores from Richmond |
Item 183 | Letter, Fitzhugh Lee to O. Latrobe [28 February 1865]: caught deserters |
Item 184 | Letter, R. E. Lee to Secretary of War J. Breckinridge [28 February 1865]: desertions [copy] |
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Folder 17: 1865 February - Orders, Reports, and Telegrams
Item 185 | Special Order 33 [4 February 1865]: W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet, command of forces on opposite side of the James from Headquarters |
Item 186 | Circular [8 February 1865]: W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet, revokes direction of no leaves and furloughs to go south of South Carolina |
Item 187 | General Orders no. 1-4 [9, 11, 11, and 22 February 1865]: R. E. Lee [printed] (C.I. 645) |
Item 188 | Special Order 40 [11 February 1865]: W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet, Fitzhugh Lee commands all cavalry |
Item 189 | Special Order 48 [20 February 1865]: W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet, leave of absence for Pickett |
Item 190 | Circular [20 February 1865]: W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet, asking for complete list of men on rolls |
Item 191 | General Orders no. 5 [21 February 1865]: W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet, concerning leaves allowed |
Item 192 | Circular [21 February 1865]: W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet, no leaves or furloughs will be granted |
Item 193 | Circular [23 February 1865]: H. Young to J. Longstreet, make list of all men entitled to amnesty |
Item 194 | I. M. St. John, Commissary General, Circular, [20 February 1865]: to his officers (C.I.1248) [printed] |
Item 195 | Appeal [printed] to the People of Virginia [22 February 1865]: to send supplies [prominent citizens] (C.I. 2682) |
Item 196 | Report of Bratton's Brigade [27 February 1865] |
Item 197 | Report of Kershaw's Division [27 February 1865] |
Item 198 | J. Brown to L. Masters [27 February 1865]: report number of deserters from R. H. Anderson's brigade |
Item 199 | William F. Perry to L. Masters [27 February 1865]: concerning number of deserters |
Item 200 | P. J. Shannon to ? [27 February 1865]: concerning deserters |
Item 201 | John Shotwell to L. Masters [27 February 1865]: concerning deserters |
Item 202 | Telegram, Fitzhugh Lee to O. Latrobe [February 1865]: asking to visit Richmond |
Item 203 | Telegram, W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet [1 February 1865]: cavalry battle [photostat also] |
Item 204 | Telegram, R. E. Lee to J. Longstreet [4 February 1865]: orders for Fitzhugh Lee's division |
Item 205 | Telegram, R. E. Lee to J. Longstreet [4 February 1865]: forage for horses |
Item 206 | Telegram, R. E. Lee to J. Longstreet [5 February 1865]: enemy movements |
Item 207 | Telegram, W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet [13 February 1865]: send prisoners to enemy line |
Item 208 | Telegram, W. H. Taylor to O. Latrobe [18 February 1865]: leaves and furloughs to go south of South Carolina are suspended |
Item 209 | Telegram, W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet [20 February 1865]: Pickett applies for three days leave |
Item 210 | Telegram, Fitzhugh Lee to J. Longstreet [20 February 1865]: scout reports of enemy movements |
Item 211 | Telegram, J. Breckinridge to R. E. Lee [24 February 1865]: concerning evacuation of Richmond, with Lee's reply [copy] |
Item 212 | Telegram, J. Breckinridge to R. E. Lee [25 February 1865]: concerning removal of stores from Richmond [copy] |
Item 213 | Telegram, R. E. Lee to S. Cooper [25 February 1865]: orders to carry out execution of private [copy of telegram] |
Item 214 | Telegram, G. W. C. Lee to O. Latrobe [25 February 1865]: exchanged prisoners |
Item 215 | Telegram, W. H. Taylor to O. Latrobe [25 February 1865]: relative to leaves of officers, with note from S. C. Potts |
Item 216 | Telegram, G. W. C. Lee to O. Latrobe [27 February 1865]: concerning deserters |
Item 217 | Telegram, G. E. Pickett to O. Latrobe [28 February 1865]: enemy troop strengths |
Item 218 | Telegram, G. E. Pickett to O. Latrobe [28 February 1865]: enemy movements |
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Folder 18: 1865 March - Correspondence, March 1-15
Item 219 | W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet [1 March 1865]: asking for names of two officers from each division to constitute Boards of Survey |
Item 220 | W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet [1 March 1865]: the Board of Examiners has been chosen |
Item 221 | Secretary of War Breckinridge to J. E. Johnston [1 March 1865]: regretting that the treasury cannot send pay for his troops [copy] |
Item 222 | C. Pickett to O. Latrobe [1 March 1865]: list of deserters from Corse's brigade |
Item 223 | D. Scott to O. Latrobe [1 March 1865]: desertions |
Item 224 | Secretary of War Breckinridge to R. E. Lee [1 March 1865]: desertions [copy] |
Item 225 | Secretary of War Breckinridge to L. B. Vance [1 March 1865]: desertions and public sentiments in southern states, North Carolina in particular [copy] |
Item 226 | ? to O. Latrobe [2 March 1865]: asking for supply information |
Item 227 | Ewell to O. Latrobe [2 March 1865]: stating that he had organized the convalescents at the hospitals for service, 200 local defense troops, and that the Virginia legislature is about to pass a bill to allow African Americans to volunteer |
Item 228 | Kershaw to O. Latrobe [2 March 1865]: list of officers names to make up brigade Board of Examiners |
Item 229 | R. E. Lee to J. Longstreet [2 March 1865]: stating that he proposed an interview with Grant [original] * [also a photostat copy] |
Item 230 | J. B. Kershaw to O. Latrobe [3 March 1865]: suggesting officers for the Board of Survey |
Item 231 | Gardner to W. H. Taylor [3 March 1865]: forwarding names of men who have been ordered to report to him for reassignment and failed to do so. |
Item 232 | G. E. Pickett to O. Latrobe [3 March 1865]: transmitting names of officers of this division to constitute "Boards of Examination" |
Item 233 | Copies of letters between U. S. Grant and R. E. Lee [4 March 1865]: concerning an interview proposed between the two |
Item 234 | W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet [4 March 1865]: asks for number of deserters |
Item 235 | Charles Field to O. Latrobe [5 March 1865]: list of names of officers to constitute Boards of Examination |
Item 236 | Charles Field to O. Latrobe [6 March 1865]: recommending two officers for the Board of Survey |
Item 237 | O. Latrobe to M. W. Gary [7 March 1865]: asking for a scouting party [copy] |
Item 238 | M. W. Gary to O. Latrobe [7 March 1865]: concerning enemy troop strength and position |
Item 239 | Stevens [chief engineer] to J. Longstreet [7 March 1865]: contain descriptions of roads to Amelia Court House from Manchester |
Item 240 | R. E. Lee to J. Longstreet [7 March 1865]: stating that Sheridan is reported to have divided his forces at Charlottesville * |
Item 241 | J. Breckinridge to R. E. Lee [8 March 1865]: Congress |
Item 242 | James Phillips to O. Latrobe [8 March 1865]: concerning receipts |
Item 243 | R. S. Ewell to O. Latrobe [8 March 1865]: a private is reprieved and released |
Item 244 | M. W. Gary to O. Latrobe [8 March 1865]: concerning J. Longstreet's order for a scout of the James River |
Item 245 | O. Latrobe to J. Phillips [9 March 1865]: forage for horses |
Item 246 | Charles Field to O. Latrobe [9 March 1865]: statement of desertions |
Item 247 | J. M. Goggin to O. Latrobe [9 March 1865]: statement of deserters |
Item 248 | J. Phillips to O. Latrobe [9 March 1865]: dealing with requisitions for employees with Head Quarters |
Item 249 | J. M. Goggin to O. Latrobe [9 March 1865]: relating to casualties |
Item 250 | G. W. C. Lee to O. Latrobe [9 March 1865]: asking for instructions for illuminating area in case of night attack |
Item 251 | M. W. Gary to O. Latrobe [10 March 1865]: has sent squadron of 25 men up the James River |
Item 252 | J. D. Waul to O. Latrobe [10 March 1865]: concerning the transportation of baggage |
Item 253 | M. W. Gary to O. Latrobe [11 March 1865]: troop locations |
Item 254 | R. E. Lee and J. E. Johnston, two letters [copies and bound] [11 March 1865 and 15 March 1865]: concerning plans of cooperation between the two armies |
Item 255 | George Alfred Trenholm to R. E. Lee [11 March 1865]: relating to the lack of pay for the troops |
Item 256 | M. W. Gary to O. Latrobe [11 March 1865]: reports Colonel Haskell moved at once upon reception of orders |
Item 257 | B. H. Smith to O. Latrobe [13 March 1865]: asking for orders |
Item 258 | John Lewis Cochran to O. Latrobe [13 March 1865]: asking for detail of officers to make a quorum for military court |
Item 259 | R. E. Lee to J. Breckinridge [14 March 1865]: containing list of officers who ask for the authority to raise or be assigned to the command of African American troops |
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Folder 19: 1865 March -- Correspondence, March 16-31
Item 260 | Protest of company officers [16 March 1865]: on account of short rations with a report of desertions ending 8 March 1865, with endorsements by R. E. Lee [copy] |
Item 261 | R. I. Yarrington to O. Latrobe [16 March 1865]: Army intelligence asking for casualty reports |
Item 262 | R. E. Lee to Secretary of War Breckinridge [16 March 1865]: proposing to come from Earl Russell and General Grant's reply to Lee [2 March 1865]: for an interview |
Item 263 | W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet [17 March 1865]: asks for report of deserters |
Item 264 | R. E. Lee to J. Breckinridge [17 March 1865]: movements of enemy in southwest N.C., Tenn., and Valley of Va. |
Item 265 | G. E. Pickett to O. Latrobe [18 March 1865]: about supplies and passes |
Item 266 | J. M. Goggin to O. Latrobe [19 March 1865]: about details for the military court |
Item 267 | E. Taylor to J. Longstreet [19 March 1865]: relates to pontoons |
Item 268 | J. M. Goggin to O. Latrobe [19 March 1865]: preventing desertions |
Item 269 | Peter McGlashan to J. M. Goggin [19 March 1865]: relates to deserters fighting their way home |
Item 270 | J. M. Goggin to O. Latrobe [19 March 1865]: statement of desertions |
Item 271 | R. E. Lee to J. Breckinridge [19 March 1865]: condition of garrison at Mobile, strength of J. E. Johnston's army |
Item 272 | H. J. Rogers [captain engineers] to O. Latrobe [20 March 1865]: concerning passes |
Item 273 | J. B. Kershaw to O. Latrobe [20 March 1865]: term expires tomorrow |
Item 274 | R. A. Mayo to J. Longstreet [20 March 1865]: relative to citizens being allowed to pass the pickets for the purpose of voting on Thursday |
Item 275 | Charles Field to O. Latrobe [20 March 1865]: asking about the review |
Item 276 | G. E. Pickett to O. Latrobe [20 March 1865]: concerning the use of fields for housing troops |
Item 277 | C. Pickett to O. Latrobe [20 March 1865]: asking for an application to be allowed to visit Richmond |
Item 278 | R. E. Lee to J. Breckinridge [20 March 1865]: Thomas is moving toward E. Tenn. |
Item 279 | M. M. Lewis [chief surgeon] to O. Latrobe [21 March 1865]: concerning Pickett being sick |
Item 280 | M. W. Gary to O. Latrobe [21 March 1865]: concerning reports about enemy troops |
Item 281 | R. E. Lee to J. Breckinridge [21 March 1865]: movement of enemy in E. Tenn. |
Item 282 | Fitzhugh Lee to J. Longstreet [22 March 1865]: suggesting that the enemy's camp at Funstalls Station might be able to be surprised [original] |
Item 283 | J. C. Haskell to O. Latrobe [23 March 1865]: concerning receiving orders |
Item 284 | Fitzhugh Lee to W. H. Taylor [23 March 1865]: concerning number of cavalry troops |
Item 285 | J. M. Goggin to O. Latrobe [23 March 1865]: desertions |
Item 286 | J. Breckinridge to R. E. Lee [23 March 1865]: movement of enemy in E. Tenn. [copy] |
Item 287 | C. Pickett to O. Latrobe [24 March 1865]: awaiting order to convene boards of examination |
Item 288 | C. Field to O. Latrobe [24 March 1865]: reports all as usual |
Item 289 | George H. Steuart to O. Latrobe [24 March 1865]: asking for information in regard to the manner of forwarding election returns |
Item 290 | G. W. C. Lee to O. Latrobe [24 March 1865]: saying that they will be ready for battle at daylight |
Item 291 | Fitzhugh Lee to O. Latrobe [24 March 1865]: reporting he received battle orders for the following morning |
Item 292 | E. Hunton to O. Latrobe [24 March 1865]: telling of his brigades' movements |
Item 293 | R. E. Lee to E. K. Smith [24 March 1865]: transporting of troops |
Item 294 | William Dickson to ? [24 March 1865]: concerning a federal deserter |
Item 295 | William Norris to O. Latrobe [24 March 1865]: includes keyword and cipher table |
Item 296 | Cipher table |
Item 297 | E. P. Alexander to O. Latrobe [25 March 1865]: asking for use of horses to move artillery |
Item 298 | James A. Harper to Nash [25 March 1865]: scouts could gather no new information |
Item 299 | John Bratton to L. Masters [25 March 1865]: scouts have nothing to report, will report if anything changes |
Item 300 | Fitzhugh Lee to O. Latrobe [27 March 1865]: concerning number of cavalry troops |
Item 301 | Ord to J. Longstreet [27 March 1865]: sending the permits |
Item 302 | Wallace to O. Latrobe [27 March 1865]: concerning military court |
Item 303 | Kershaw to O. Latrobe [27 March 1865]: relating to board of brigades |
Item 304 | C. Field to O. Latrobe [28 March 1865]: enemy movements |
Item 305 | W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet [29 March 1865]: relates to African American troops enlisting in the C.S.A. |
Item 306 | St. John to Breckinridge [30 March 1865]: number of rations in hand |
Item 307 | J. A. Early to R. E. Lee [30 March 1865]: relating to relief of command, as well as three other letters |
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Folder 20: 1865 March - Orders, Circulars, and Reports
Item 308 | Circular [1 March 1865]: concerning removal of stores from Richmond |
Item 309 | Circular [6 March 1865]: W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet, about abusing times of leaves and furloughs |
Item 310 | No. 120: An act to change the mode of filling vacancies among commissioned officers [9 March 1865] Envelope #120 |
Item 311 | Special Order 64 [11 March 1865]: W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet, change of officers |
Item 312 | Special Order 64 [11 March 1865]: W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet, relief of duty for officer |
Item 313 | Confidential circular [16 March 1865]: William Norris concerning cipher messages [printed] |
Item 314 | Circular [17 March 1865]: Charles Marshall to J. Longstreet, relating to the late payments of troops |
Item 315 | Special Order 70 [17 March 1865]: W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet, Major Henry Robinson to command 1st corps |
Item 316 | W. H. Taylor to James J. Longstreet [March 29, 1865]: allowing for dismissal of incompetent officers |
Item 317 | Richard Stoddert Ewell, report of Wilderness and Spotsylvania campaign [copy]: 20 March 1865 |
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Folder 21: 1865 March - Telegrams, March 1-21
Item 318 | Telegram, Fitzhugh Lee to J. Longstreet [March 1865]: enemy movements |
Item 319 | Telegram, William Symington to O. Latrobe [March 1865]: troop movements |
Item 320 | Telegram, R. E. Lee to J. Longstreet [2 March 1865]: Early has been defeated at Waynesboro, no line in front of the enemy |
Item 321 | Telegram, W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet [2 March 1865]: arrange transportation for the troops |
Item 322 | Telegram, W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet [3 March 1865]: enemy activity |
Item 323 | Telegram, J. H. Sands to O. Latrobe [3 March 1865]: concerning prisoners |
Item 324 | Telegram, R. E. Lee to J. Longstreet [7 March 1865]: instructs M. W. Gary to send out scouts |
Item 325 | Telegram, G. E. Pickett to O. Latrobe [7 March 1865]: asking permission to move to Richmond |
Item 326 | Telegram, W. H. Stevens to O. Latrobe [8 March 1865]: bridges ready to move |
Item 327 | Telegram, C. Venable to J. Longstreet [9 March 1865]: battle information |
Item 328 | Telegram, Frank Huger to O. Latrobe [9 March 1865]: private not being allowed amnesty |
Item 329 | Telegram, James Howard to O. Latrobe [9 March 1865]: concerning travel passes for non-combatants |
Item 330 | Telegram, R. S. Ewell to J. Longstreet [10 March 1865]: enemy cavalry movements |
Item 331 | Telegram, G. W. C. Lee to O. Latrobe [10 March 1865]: O.O.D. heard transport wagons during the night |
Item 332 | Telegram, R. E. Lee to J. Longstreet [10 March 1865]: deserters story about Thomas's Army |
Item 333 | Telegram, R. S. Ewell to J. Longstreet [11 March 1865]: replacement troops for Camp Lee using hospital patients and cadets |
Item 334 | Telegram, M. W. Gary to J. Longstreet [13 March 1865]: report on enemy cavalry strength |
Item 335 | Telegram, Thomas J. Gorre to O. Latrobe [13 March 1865]: Confederate troop movements |
Item 336 | Telegram, W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet [13 March 1865]: pursue the enemy if you think best |
Item 337 | Telegram, G. W. C. Lee to O. Latrobe [13 March 1865]: scouts' reports of enemy movements |
Item 338 | Telegram, W. H. Taylor and R. S. Ewell to J. Longstreet [17 March 1865]: asking for information |
Item 339 | Telegram, R. S. Ewell to J. Longstreet [18 March 1865]: Harris's brigade ordered to Mahone when it can be spared |
Item 340 | Telegram, A. C. Haskell to O. Latrobe [18 March 1865]: scouts have been sent out to check on enemy strength |
Item 341 | Telegram, M. W. Gary to O. Latrobe [18 March 1865]: bridge at Bottoms is gone |
Item 342 | Telegram, Fitzhugh Lee to J. Longstreet [18 March 1865]: enemy movements and battle plans |
Item 343 | Telegram, R. E. Lee to J. Longstreet [19 March 1865]: R. H. Anderson reports enemy movements |
Item 344 | Telegram, R. E. Lee to J. Longstreet [19 March 1865]: orders for Harris Brigade |
Item 345 | Telegram, R. S. Ewell to O. Latrobe [19 March 1865]: send Harris brigade orders to Mahone, will take train in morning |
Item 346 | Telegram, Fitzhugh Lee to J. Longstreet [19 March 1865]: enemy movements |
Item 347 | Telegram, G. E. Pickett to O. Latrobe [19 March 1865]: Confederate troop movements |
Item 348 | Telegram, [?] to O. Latrobe [19 March 1865]: dispatch received, will move troops [incomplete] |
Item 349 | Telegram, W. Symington to O. Latrobe [19 March 1865]: drawing stores from Richmond |
Item 350 | Telegram, W. Symington to O. Latrobe [19 March 1865]: establishment of headquarters for G. E. Pickett at Hughes House |
Item 351 | Telegram, Marmaduke Johnson to J. Longstreet [19 March 1865]: asking for orders |
Item 352 | Telegram, Fitzhugh Lee to J. Longstreet [20 March 1865]: scout reports of enemy movements and capture of enemy soldiers |
Item 353 | Telegram, T. Chestney to O. Latrobe [20 March 1865]: Confederate troop movements |
Item 354 | Telegram, M. W. Gary to O. Latrobe [20 March 1865]: asking permission to visit the city of Richmond |
Item 355 | Telegram, R. G. Cole to J. Longstreet [20 March 1865]: asking for troop locations |
Item 356 | Telegram, Fitzhugh Lee to J. Longstreet [20 March 1865]: enemy movements |
Item 357 | Telegram, R. S. Ewell to O. Latrobe [21 March 1865]: Confederate troop movements |
Item 358 | Telegram, T. Chestney to O. Latrobe [21 March 1865]: troop movements and federal prisoners |
Item 359 | Telegram, F. W. Smith to O. Latrobe [21 March 1865]: asking about safe passage for his family |
Item 360 | Telegram, M. D. Corse to O. Latrobe [21 March 1865]: location of his brigade |
Item 361 | Telegram, R. E. Lee to J. Longstreet [21 March 1865]: send Echols brigade to Lynchburg |
Item 362 | Telegram, Fitzhugh Lee to O. Latrobe [21 March 1865]: troop position |
Item 363 | Telegram, A. C. Haskell to O. Latrobe [21 March 1865]: Pickett reports the enemy is coming |
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Folder 22: 1865 March -- Telegrams, March 22-25
Item 364 | Telegram, G. W. C. Lee to O. Latrobe [22 March 1865]: movement of the enemy |
Item 365 | Telegram, T. Chestney to O. Latrobe [23 March 1865]: artillery unit sent with Echol's command to Dublin Depot |
Item 366 | Telegram, Fitzhugh Lee to O. Latrobe [23 March 1865]: forage agents cannot get to town |
Item 367 | Telegram, R. E. Lee to J. Longstreet [23 March 1865]: enemy attack imminent |
Item 368 | Telegram, R. E. Lee to J. Longstreet [23 March 1865]: directed Admiral Raphael Semmes and enemy troop movements |
Item 369 | Telegram, W. H. Pendleton to E. P. Alexander [23 March 1865]: troop movement orders |
Item 370 | Telegram, G. W. C. Lee to O. Latrobe [24 March 1865]: recommending scouts |
Item 371 | Telegram, Fitzhugh Lee to O. Latrobe [24 March 1865]: dispatch arrived, asks about enemy position |
Item 372 | Telegram, W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet [24 March 1865]: retain 4th brigade in G. E. Pickett's division |
Item 373 | Telegram, A. R. Lawton to J. Longstreet [24 March 1865]: transportation is ready |
Item 374 | Telegram, E. Taylor to O. Latrobe [24 March 1865]: troop movement |
Item 375 | Telegram, G. H. Steuart to O. Latrobe [24 March 1865]: questions concerning move |
Item 376 | Telegram, G. H. Steuart to O. Latrobe [24 March 1865]: will move brigade |
Item 377 | Telegram, Fitzhugh Lee to J. Longstreet [24 March 1865]: dispatch received |
Item 378 | Telegram, W. Norris to O. Latrobe [24 March 1865]: concerning cipher and keyword |
Item 379 | Telegram, W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet [24 March 1865]: sending for Pickett's division |
Item 380 | Telegram, F. E. Goodridge to O. Latrobe [24 March 1865]: asking for location of Steuart's brigade |
Item 381 | Telegram, E. Taylor to O. Latrobe [24 March 1865]: troop movements |
Item 382 | Telegram, E. Taylor to O. Latrobe [24 March 1865]: troop movements |
Item 383 | Telegram, R. E. Lee to J. Longstreet [24 March 1865]: report of deserters [photostat also] |
Item 384 | Telegram, R. E. Lee to J. Longstreet [24 March 1865]: cipher dispatch [photostat also] |
Item 385 | Telegram, R. E. Lee to J. Longstreet [24 March 1865]: [coded] have your command ready to attack [photostat] |
Item 386 | Telegram, Fitzhugh Lee to O. Latrobe [25 March 1865]: M. W. Gary reports enemy movements |
Item 387 | Telegram, S. R. Johnston to O. Latrobe [25 March 1865]: tells of battery position |
Item 388 | Telegram, Fitzhugh Lee to O. Latrobe [25 March 1865]: asking for orders |
Item 389 | Telegram, W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet [25 March 1865]: enemy troop movements |
Item 390 | Telegram, G. H. Steuart to O. Latrobe [25 March 1865]: send orders |
Item 391 | Telegram, W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet [25 March 1865]: orders have been sent to Stuart's brigade |
Item 392 | Telegram, Fitzhugh Lee to J. Longstreet [25 March 1865]: concerning Sheridan's cavalry movements |
Item 393 | Telegram, Fitzhugh Lee to J. Longstreet [25 March 1865]: enemy troop movements |
Item 394 | Telegram, E. Taylor to O. Latrobe [25 March 1865]: Stuart waiting for horses, troop movements |
Item 395 | Telegram, W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet [25 March 1865]: G. E. Pickett's position |
Item 396 | Telegram, R. E. Mason to O. Latrobe [25 March 1865]: give me permission to go to church tomorrow |
Item 397 | Telegram, Fitzhugh Lee to O. Latrobe [25 March 1865]: going to the War Department |
Item 398 | Telegram, M. W. Gary to O. Latrobe [25 March 1865]: enemy attack at Doggetts |
Item 399 | Telegram, E. Taylor to O. Latrobe [25 March 1865]: troop movements |
Item 400 | Telegram, Fitzhugh Lee to O. Latrobe [25 March 1865]: concerning enemy cavalry estimates |
Item 401 | Telegram, W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet [25 March 1865]: does not need Pickett's troops [photostat also] |
Item 402 | Telegram, M. D. Corse to O. Latrobe [25 March 1865]: concerning troop movements |
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Folder 23: 1865 March -- Telegrams, March 26-31
Item 403 | Telegram, M. W. Gary to O. Latrobe [26 March 1865]: enemy movements |
Item 404 | Telegram, E. Taylor to O. Latrobe [26 March 1865]: troop movements |
Item 405 | Telegram, E. Taylor to O. Latrobe [26 March 1865]: concerning review |
Item 406 | Telegram, M. D. Corse to O. Latrobe [26 March 1865]: troop movements |
Item 407 | Telegram, Fitzhugh Lee to O. Latrobe [26 March 1865]: enemy picket opposite Gary |
Item 408 | Telegram, M. W. Gary to O. Latrobe [26 March 1865]: enemy cavalry movements |
Item 409 | Telegram, C. Field to O. Latrobe [26 March 1865]: scout reports of enemy movement |
Item 410 | Telegram, Fitzhugh Lee to J. Longstreet [26 March 1865]: orders for Rosser |
Item 411 | Telegram, Fitzhugh Lee to J. Longstreet [27 March 1865]: movement of Sheridan |
Item 412 | Telegram, Fitzhugh Lee to O. Latrobe [27 March 1865]: movement of Sheridan |
Item 413 | Telegram, W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet [27 March 1865]: orders to scout for Sheridan |
Item 414 | Telegram, E. P. Alexander to O. Latrobe [27 March 1865]: regarding mules |
Item 415 | Telegram, Fitzhugh Lee to O. Latrobe [27 March 1865]: received orders for the move |
Item 416 | Telegram, Fitzhugh Lee to O. Latrobe [27 March 1865]: gather in pickets before moving |
Item 417 | Telegram, R. F. Mason to O. Latrobe [27 March 1865]: wants to go to Richmond to identify his slave captured from the enemy |
Item 418 | Telegram, Fitzhugh Lee to J. Longstreet [27 March 1865]: scouts report on enemy movements |
Item 419 | Telegram, C. Field to O. Latrobe [27 March 1865]: location of troops |
Item 420 | Telegram, M. W. Gary to O. Latrobe [27 March 1865]: concerning the review |
Item 421 | Telegram, R. E. Lee to J. Longstreet [28 March 1865]: enemy movements |
Item 422 | Telegram, G. W. C. Lee to O. Latrobe [28 March 1865]: enemy supply train |
Item 423 | Telegram, W. T. Graves to O. Latrobe [28 March 1865]: drawing forage and rations |
Item 424 | Telegram, Fitzhugh Lee to J. Longstreet [28 March 1865]: command of troops to Maj. Graves |
Item 425 | Telegram, J. E. Johnston to J. Longstreet [28 March 1865]: supplies for Hunton |
Item 426 | Telegram, A. C. Haskell to O. Latrobe [28 March 1865]: scouts report enemy movements |
Item 427 | Telegram, C. Field to O. Latrobe [28 March 1865]: R. H. Anderson's scouts report enemy troop movements |
Item 428 | Telegram, M. D. Corse to O. Latrobe [28 March 1865]: petition for execution of deserters |
Item 429 | Telegram, W. Mahone to J. Longstreet [29 March 1865]: enemy movements |
Item 430 | Telegram, W. H. Taylor to J. Longstreet [29 March 1865]: enemy movements |
Item 431 | Telegram, E. Taylor to O. Latrobe [29 March 1865]: transportation for E. Hunton |
Item 432 | Telegram, R. E. Lee to J. Longstreet [29 March 1865]: movement orders |
Item 433 | Telegram, E. Hunton to O. Latrobe [29 March 1865]: troop movements to Richmond and Petersburg |
Item 434 | Telegram, R. E. Lee to J. Longstreet [29 March 1865]: enemy movements |
Item 435 | Telegram, R. E. Lee to J. Longstreet [29 March 1865]: orders Pickett's brigade to Petersburg |
Item 436 | Telegram, P. H. Mayo to J. Longstreet [29 March 1865]: transportation is ready |
Item 437 | Telegram, R. E. Lee to J. Longstreet [29 March 1865]: contact Mayo when troop movement is complete |
Item 438 | Telegram, R. E. Lee to J. Longstreet [29 March 1865]: Hunton's brigade should move to Manchester |
Item 439 | Telegram, St. John to J. Longstreet [30 March 1865]: asking for information [coded] |
Item 440 | Telegram, W. H. Stevens to O. Latrobe [31 March 1865]: relating to chain obstructions being set up by the navy and pontoon boats for bridge replacement |
Item 441 | Telegram, R. Taylor to R. E. Lee [31 March 1865]: enemy movements |
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Folder 24: 1865 April - Correspondence
Item 442 | Partial letter concerning artillery |
Item 443 | Letter, O. Latrobe to W. H. Taylor [April 1865]: in regard to delay in furnishing returns; Pickett's division 50 muskets |
Item 444 | Letter, C. Field to O. Latrobe [1 April 1865]: scouts unable to penetrate enemy lines, nothing new to report |
Item 445 | Letter, R. E. Ewell to J. Longstreet [1 April 1865]: relating to calling out the "Local Defense" troops at Richmond [also a photostat copy] |
Item 446 | Letter, R. E. Lee to President Jefferson Davis [2 April 1865]: telling him he will evacuate the city that night |
Item 447 | Letter, Sayle to J. Longstreet [3 April 1865]: saying pontoons laid at Goode's Bridge and crossing is good |
Item 448 | Letter, A. R. H. Ranson to C. Venable [3 April 1865]: saying that pontoons are laid at Goode's Bridge and crossing is good |
Items 449-450 | Letter, U. S. Grant to Edward Ord [5 April 1865]: letter captured by the C.S.A. with letter and copy of letter of MacKenzie [2 items] |
Item 451 | Letter, John Brown Gordon to R. E. Lee [6 April 1865]: concerning battle and loss of wagon train |
Item 452 | Letter, R. E. Lee to R. E. Colston [6 April 1865]: concerning reinforcements and provisions [copy] |
Item 453 | Letter, R. E. Colston to Milligan [8 April 1865]: refers to movements of the enemy |
Item 454 | Letter, R. E. Colston to Milligan [8 April 1865]: [copy] |
Item 455 | Letter, Fitzhugh Lee to R. E. Lee [8 April 1865]: U.S. Cavalry movements [photostats also] |
Item 456 | Letter, Fitzhugh Lee to R. E. Lee [8 April 1865]: concerning enemy troop advances |
Item 457 | Letter, Fitzhugh Lee to R. E. Lee [8 April 1865]: concerning enemy troop advances [copy] |
Item 458 | Note from R. E. Lee [8 April 1865]: acknowledging the receipt of a letter from U. S. Grant and declining to surrender the Army of N. Va., written by C. Marshall [also 2 photocopies] |
Item 459 | Blank parole sheet [9 April 1865] |
Item 460 | Blank parole sheet [9 April 1865] |
Item 461 | Letter, R. E. Lee to U. S. Grant [9 April 1865]: substance of letter, of which no copy was kept, in reference to an interview for discussing terms of surrender [copy] |
Item 462 | Draft of letter [10 April 1865]: in handwriting of C. S. Venable |
Item 463 | Letter, W. H. Stevens to R. E. Lee [10 April 1865]: concerning routes of evacuation from Richmond and Petersburg to Amelia Court House and Appomattox Court House |
Item 464 | Letter, H. Heth to O. Latrobe [11 April 1865]: concerning reasons why order to make out report cannot be made out |
Item 465 | Letter, C. E. Lightfoot to R. E. Lee [16 April 1865]: concerning the surrender and his function as a commander |
Item 466 | Letter, Fitzhugh Lee to R. E. Lee [17 April 1865]: concerning disbanding his command and his surrender |
Item 467 | Letter, Fitzhugh Lee to R. E. Lee [17 April 1865]: telling of his surrender and the disbanding of his command [copy] |
Item 468 | Letter, R. S. Ewell to R. E. Lee [17 April 1865]: in reference to conditions of affairs in Virginia and inability to continue the war |
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Folder 25: 1865 April - Orders and Circulars
Item 469 | Special Order [2 April 1865]: W. H. Taylor, giving directions for routes of various corps and divisions in evacuating Petersburg |
Item 470 | Order for the evacuation of Richmond and Petersburg [2 April 1865]: by W. H. Taylor [photocopies also] |
Item 471 | Special Order [4 April 1865]: reduction of artillery and transportation, distribution to be made of the surplus guns and weak teams by C. S. Venable |
Item 472 | Special Order [4 April 1865]: rough draft of above item |
Item 473 | Special Order [9 April 1865]: Armies of the U.S. designating officers to carry into effect the terms of surrender of the Army of N. Va. by E. S. Parker [copy] |
Item 474 | U.S. Army. Special Orders [9 April 1865]: for carrying into effect terms of surrender of the Army of N. Va. by E. S. Parker |
Item 475 | U.S. Army. Special Orders [10 April 1865]: for transportation for paroled Confederates compelled to pass through union lines by E. S. Parker |
Item 476 | U.S. Army. Special Orders [10 April 1865]: [copy of above item] |
Item 477 | U.S. Army. General Orders no. 43, 24th Army Corps [11 April 1865]: relating to the evidence that an officer or enlisted man is a paroled P.O.W., by Edward Moale |
Item 478 | U.S. Army. General Orders no. 43 [11 April 1865]: [copy] |
Item 479 | U.S. Army. General Orders no. 43 [11 April 1865]: stating that printed certificate of parole is sufficient evidence that bearer is a paroled prisoner, by Edward Moale |
Item 480 | U.S. Army. Special Order [20 April 1865]: A.D. and J.D. office, Charlotte, N.C., authorizing officers to return to their homes, by John W. Riely [copy] |
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Folder 26 : 1865 April - Reports
Item 481 | Field return of Field's Division [April 1865] |
Item 482 | Field return for Mahone's Division [8 April 1865] |
Item 483 | Report of efficient and non-efficient guns in Wilcox's division [8 April 1865]: by J. Englehard |
Item 484 | |
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