September 6, 1863
As regards myself, should you think that the service will be
benefited by my repairing to the Army of Tennessee, I will of course submit to
your judgment. From your knowledge of all the circumstances of both armies you
can come to a more correct conclusion than I can from my point of view. In my
conversation with you on this subject when the question was proposed I did not
intend to decline the service if it was desired that I should undertake it, but
merely to express the opinion that the duty could be better performed by the
officers already in that department.
SOURCE: John William Jones, Life and Letters of
Robert Edward Lee: Soldier and Man, p. 291
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