Letter to (C.S.A.) President Jefferson Davis, August 22, 1863 (correspondence)
Date
1863-08-22Author
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
Subject
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Confederate States of America. Army -- Officers -- Correspondence
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence
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Lee, having tendered his resignation to Jefferson Davis in a letter written on August 22, 1863, in the wake of the Gettysburg Campaign, responds to Davis's declination of the offer. There is a JPG image which was created from a scan of the original item but it is of poor quality. There is also a transcription.
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