![LEE, Robert E. (1807-1870), General, C.S.A. Letter signed ("R E Lee") to Major A. H. Cole, C.S.A. Inspector General in Richmond; "Head Quarters, Army No. Va.", [Fredericksburg], 26 March 1863. 1 page, 4to, blue lined paper, minor fold separations repaired from verso, verso with pale "Rebel Archives" stamp, otherwise in fine condition. Enclosed in a custom-made half black morocco clamshell protective case.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/1999/NYR/1999_NYR_09262_0108_000(122638).jpg?w=1)
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LEE, Robert E. (1807-1870), General, C.S.A. Letter signed ("R E Lee") to Major A. H. Cole, C.S.A. Inspector General in Richmond; "Head Quarters, Army No. Va.", [Fredericksburg], 26 March 1863. 1 page, 4to, blue lined paper, minor fold separations repaired from verso, verso with pale "Rebel Archives" stamp, otherwise in fine condition. Enclosed in a custom-made half black morocco clamshell protective case.
PREPARATIONS FOR IMBODEN'S AND JONES' RAID
Through the harsh winter following the Battle of Fredericksburg (13 December 1862), Lee had remained in winter encampment at Fredericksburg, struggling with supply problems and manpower shortages and working to strengthen the Confederate defensive lines overlooking Fredericksburg to block another Union attempt to cross the Rappahannock. Here, Lee responds to a request for wagons and teams for the use of General John D. Imboden for his famous "Imboden Raid" in West Virginia.
"Major, Your telegram of the 20th inst [sic] was duly recorded though I did not think it necessary to acknowledge it at once. I immediately wrote to Gen'l [John Daniel] Imboden informing him that Maj. [Tyree Harris] Bell was authorized to furnish the wagons & teams he required. Please accept my thanks for your very prompt attention to my request."
Shortly before the Union offensive moves would initiate the Chancellorsville campaign, Lee agrees to supply wagons and teams to General John Daniel Imboden (1823-1895). Imboden had served with distinction under "Stonewall" Jackson at the battles of Cross Keys (8 June 1862) and Port Republic (9 June 1862) against Major General John C. Fremont's Union army. He had been severely wounded in the Seven Days Battles (25 June 25 - 1 July 1862), but recovered and led the "Imboden Raid" (April - May, 1863), during which he and William E. "Grumble" Jones cut the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad lines (Jones destroyed railroad bridges between Rowlesburg and the Allegheny Mountains) and captured
large numbers of livestock from West Virginia.
Apparently unpublished, not in Lee, Wartime Papers, ed. C. Dowdey and L. Manarin.
PREPARATIONS FOR IMBODEN'S AND JONES' RAID
Through the harsh winter following the Battle of Fredericksburg (13 December 1862), Lee had remained in winter encampment at Fredericksburg, struggling with supply problems and manpower shortages and working to strengthen the Confederate defensive lines overlooking Fredericksburg to block another Union attempt to cross the Rappahannock. Here, Lee responds to a request for wagons and teams for the use of General John D. Imboden for his famous "Imboden Raid" in West Virginia.
"Major, Your telegram of the 20th inst [sic] was duly recorded though I did not think it necessary to acknowledge it at once. I immediately wrote to Gen'l [John Daniel] Imboden informing him that Maj. [Tyree Harris] Bell was authorized to furnish the wagons & teams he required. Please accept my thanks for your very prompt attention to my request."
Shortly before the Union offensive moves would initiate the Chancellorsville campaign, Lee agrees to supply wagons and teams to General John Daniel Imboden (1823-1895). Imboden had served with distinction under "Stonewall" Jackson at the battles of Cross Keys (8 June 1862) and Port Republic (9 June 1862) against Major General John C. Fremont's Union army. He had been severely wounded in the Seven Days Battles (25 June 25 - 1 July 1862), but recovered and led the "Imboden Raid" (April - May, 1863), during which he and William E. "Grumble" Jones cut the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad lines (Jones destroyed railroad bridges between Rowlesburg and the Allegheny Mountains) and captured
large numbers of livestock from West Virginia.
Apparently unpublished, not in Lee, Wartime Papers, ed. C. Dowdey and L. Manarin.