Letter from R. E. Lee to (C.S.A.) President Jefferson Davis, August 22, 1863 (correspondence)
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Confederate States of America. Army
American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
Armed Forces -- Officers
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
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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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