Camp Near Orange Court
House, September 4, 1863
You see I am still here. When I last wrote, the indications
were that the enemy would move against us any day; but this past week he has
been very quiet, and seems at present to continue so. I was looking at him
yesterday – from Clark's Mountain. He has spread himself over a large surface,
and looks immense, but I hope will not prove as formidable as he looks. He has,
I believe, been sending off some of his troops to reinforce Rosecrans, and has
been getting up others; among them several negro regiments are reported. I can
discover no diminution.
SOURCE: John William Jones, Life and Letters of
Robert Edward Lee: Soldier and Man, p. 285
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