Statistics for occurrence #1 of “General Lee” in chapter 53 of Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2:
...that result of our success against a besieging army around Richmond is obvious.
(Signed) Jefferson Davis. May 19, 1864.
Military courtesy required that the memoranda should be sent to General Lee , who, as soon as its purport was communicated to him, ordered General Beauregard to straighten his line, so as to reduce the number of men required to hold it, and send the remainder to him.
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