CAMP FREDERICKSBURG, May
31, 1863.
General Hooker has been very daring the past week, and quite
active. He has not said what he intends to do, but is giving out by his
movements that he designs crossing the Rappahannock. I hope we may be able to
frustrate his plans in part if not in whole. He has General Heintzelman's corps
now, on whom the Northern papers seem to place great reliance. I pray that our
merciful Father in Heaven may protect and direct us! In that case I fear no
odds and no numbers!"
SOURCE: John William Jones, Life and Letters
of Robert Edward Lee: Soldier and Man, p. 243
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