HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF
NORTHERN VIRGINIA,
January 12, 1865.
TO THE FARMERS EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE AND SOUTH OF JAMES RIVER:
The recent heavy freshet having destroyed a portion of the railroad
from Danville to Goldsboro, and thereby cut off temporarily necessary supplies
for the Army of Northern Virginia, an appeal is respectfully made to the
farmers, millers, and other citizens to furnish with all possible promptness
whatever breadstuffs, meats (fresh or salt), and molasses they can spare. Such
citizens as Major Robert Tannahill may select are asked to act as agents in
purchasing and collecting supplies through the various officers connected with
the commissary department on the lines of railroad.
Arrangements have been made to pay promptly for all supplies
delivered under this appeal, or to return the same in kind as soon as
practicable.
R. E. LEE.
SOURCE: John William Jones, Life and Letters of
Robert Edward Lee: Soldier and Man, p. 349
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