LEE, ROBERT E., General, C.S.A. Letter signed ("R.E. Lee") as Commander, Army of Norther Virginia, TO A UNION OFFICER, "Col. W. Raymond Lee Commdg. 20th Mass. Regt., U.S.A.," Headquarters, Dept. Northern Virginia, [near Richmond], 19 July 1862. 1 page, 4to, 242 x 194 mm. (9 1/2 x 7 3 16 in.), written in dark ink on bright blue lined paper, top edge slightly irregular, otherwise in very fine condition, enclosed in a protective slipcase of half red morocco and marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine. LEE'S FLAG OF TRUCE LETTER TO "A HUMANE AND GENEROUS ENEMY" DURING THE SECOND BULL RUN CAMPAIGN A REMARKABLE LETTER FROM LEE TO A UNION COLONEL WHO HAD WRITTEN LEE TO INFORM HIM OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE DEATH, IN UNION HANDS, OF A CONFEDERATE OFFICER FROM A GEORGIA REGIMENT. "I HAVE THE HONOR TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECEIPT OF YOUR LETTER OF THE 15TH JUNE, ANNOUNCING THE DEATH OF THE LATE LT. COL. BULL, 39TH GA. REGT. I HAVE CAUSED YOUR KIND AND CONSIDERATE COMMUNICATION TO BE TRANSMITTED TO THE FATHER OF THE DECEASED, TO WHOM I DOUBT NOT IT WILL AFFORD A GREAT SATISFACTION TO KNOW THAT HIS SON, IN HIS LAST MOMENTS, ENJOYED THE CARE AND ATTENTION OF A HUMANE AND GENEROUS ENEMY. "I THANK YOU COLONEL, FOR THE KINDNESS YOU HAVE MANIFESTED TO THIS DECEASED OFFICER, AND TRUST THAT A LIKE SPIRIT WILL ALWAYS MARK THE TREATMENT OF THE UNFORTUNATE WOUNDED WHO MAY FALL INTO THE HANDS OF EITHER ARMY. I AM SIR, VERY RESPECTFULLY YOUYR OBDT. SERVT. R E LEE GENL. COMDG." LEE HAD BEEN IN COMMAND OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMIES ONLY SINCE JUNE 2, AS A RESULT OF THE WOUNDING OF GENERAL JOHNSTON. "GIVEN THIS FORCE IN AN EMERGENCY, WHEN HIS REPUTATION WAS LOW WITH THE PUBLIC, LEE WAS SOON TO MOLD IT INTO THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA. FROM HIS ASSUMPTION OF COMMAND, THE CHARACTER OF THE WAR CHANGED IN VIRGINIA" (DOWDEY AND MANARIN, WARTIME PAPERS OF ROBERT E. LEE, P.179. APPARENTLY UNPUBLISHED, NOT IN DOWDEY AND MANARIN.
LEE, ROBERT E., General, C.S.A. Letter signed ("R.E. Lee") as Commander, Army of Norther Virginia, TO A UNION OFFICER, "Col. W. Raymond Lee Commdg. 20th Mass. Regt., U.S.A.," Headquarters, Dept. Northern Virginia, [near Richmond], 19 July 1862. 1 page, 4to, 242 x 194 mm. (9 1/2 x 7 3 16 in.), written in dark ink on bright blue lined paper, top edge slightly irregular, otherwise in very fine condition, enclosed in a protective slipcase of half red morocco and marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine. LEE'S FLAG OF TRUCE LETTER TO "A HUMANE AND GENEROUS ENEMY" DURING THE SECOND BULL RUN CAMPAIGN A REMARKABLE LETTER FROM LEE TO A UNION COLONEL WHO HAD WRITTEN LEE TO INFORM HIM OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE DEATH, IN UNION HANDS, OF A CONFEDERATE OFFICER FROM A GEORGIA REGIMENT. "I HAVE THE HONOR TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECEIPT OF YOUR LETTER OF THE 15TH JUNE, ANNOUNCING THE DEATH OF THE LATE LT. COL. BULL, 39TH GA. REGT. I HAVE CAUSED YOUR KIND AND CONSIDERATE COMMUNICATION TO BE TRANSMITTED TO THE FATHER OF THE DECEASED, TO WHOM I DOUBT NOT IT WILL AFFORD A GREAT SATISFACTION TO KNOW THAT HIS SON, IN HIS LAST MOMENTS, ENJOYED THE CARE AND ATTENTION OF A HUMANE AND GENEROUS ENEMY. "I THANK YOU COLONEL, FOR THE KINDNESS YOU HAVE MANIFESTED TO THIS DECEASED OFFICER, AND TRUST THAT A LIKE SPIRIT WILL ALWAYS MARK THE TREATMENT OF THE UNFORTUNATE WOUNDED WHO MAY FALL INTO THE HANDS OF EITHER ARMY. I AM SIR, VERY RESPECTFULLY YOUYR OBDT. SERVT. R E LEE GENL. COMDG." LEE HAD BEEN IN COMMAND OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMIES ONLY SINCE JUNE 2, AS A RESULT OF THE WOUNDING OF GENERAL JOHNSTON. "GIVEN THIS FORCE IN AN EMERGENCY, WHEN HIS REPUTATION WAS LOW WITH THE PUBLIC, LEE WAS SOON TO MOLD IT INTO THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA. FROM HIS ASSUMPTION OF COMMAND, THE CHARACTER OF THE WAR CHANGED IN VIRGINIA" (DOWDEY AND MANARIN, WARTIME PAPERS OF ROBERT E. LEE, P.179. APPARENTLY UNPUBLISHED, NOT IN DOWDEY AND MANARIN.
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