RICHMOND, VIRGINIA,
April 26, 1861.
. . . I am very anxious about you. You have to move and make
arrangements to go to some point of safety, which you must select. The Mount
Vernon plate and pictures ought to be secured. Keep quiet while you remain and
in your preparation. War is inevitable, and there is no telling when it will
burst around you. Virginia, yesterday, I understand, joined the Confederate
States. What policy they may adopt I cannot conjecture. May God bless and
preserve you, and have mercy upon all our people, is the constant prayer of
your affectionate husband,
R. E. LEE.
SOURCES: Robert Edward Lee, Jr., Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee, p. 29; John
William Jones, Life and Letters of Robert Edward Lee: Soldier and Man,
p. 139.
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