[Telegram from
Headquarters A. N. Va.]
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA,
January 11, 1865.
HON. J. A. SEDDON:
There is nothing within reach of this army to be impressed.
The country is swept clear; our only reliance is upon the railroads. We have but
two days' supplies.
R. E. LEE.
SOURCE: John William Jones, Life and Letters of
Robert Edward Lee: Soldier and Man, p. 348
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