Draft of telegram to General William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, February 4, 1865 (correspondence)
Date
1865-02-04Subject
Weldon Railroad (Petersburg, Va.)
Impressment -- 1860-1870
Railroads -- Virginia -- History -- 1860-1870
Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh, 1837-1891
Confederate States of America. Army -- Officers -- Correspondence
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence
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Robert E. Lee gives General William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, also known as William "Rooney" Lee, permission for the impressment of African Americans for repairing railroad lines (Weldon Railroad) around Petersburg. This note is the draft of a telegram and is neither physically written nor signed by Lee himself.
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