CAMP, 3d March, 1863.
MY DEAR CUSTIS:
Will you send the enclosed note to Mr. Taylor? Our mails are
very uncertain now. It contains a draft. If my pants are done, will you give
them to Mr. Thomas, the bearer, who will bring them up tomorrow. If they are
not, keep them. I am in my last pair, and very sensitive, fearful of an
accident. Our Federal neighbors are quiet. Their balloons are up during the day
watching our movements, and remain up half the night observing our camp-fires.
They seem to be expecting us to move, and are quite vigilant. They appear in
great numbers in our front, and no manifestations yet of their intentions. Give
much love to your mother and Agnes, and present me to all friends.
Very truly your
father,
R. E. LEE.
COL. G. W. CUSTIS LEE.
SOURCE: John William Jones, Life and Letters of
Robert Edward Lee: Soldier and Man, p. 286
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