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Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Chapter 7 : Atlantic coast defenses.-assigned to duty in Richmond as commander in chief under the direction of the Southern President . (search)
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Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Chapter 8 : commands the army defending Richmond , and seven days battles. (search)
Chapter 8: commands the army defending Richmond, and seven days battles.
General Lee and Mr. Davis were on the field on May 31st, and the latter was at once informed of Gen, eral Johnston's being wounded.
Riding back with General Lee to Richmond that night, Mr. Davis told him he proposed to assign him at once to the command of the Confederate army defending Richmond, and would make out the order as soon as he reached the city.
Accordingly, very early the next morning General Lee received the following:
Richmond, Va., June 1, 1862. General R. E. Lee.
Sir: The unfortunate casualty which has deprived the army in front of Richmond of its immediate commander, General Johnston, renders it necessary to interfere temporarily with the duties to which you were assigned in connection with the general service, but only so far as to make you available for command in the field of a particular army.
You will assume command of the army in eastern Virginia and in North Carolina, and give s
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Chapter 13 : campaign in Virginia .-Bristol Station .-mine Run.-Wilderness . (search)