Draft of telegram from R. E. Lee to General William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, February 4, 1865 (correspondence)
Author
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
Subject
Weldon Railroad (Petersburg, Va.)
Confederate States of America. Army
American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
Armed Forces -- Officers
Impressment
Railroads
Virginia
Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh, 1837-1891
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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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