HEADQUARTERS
CONFEDERATE STATES ARMIES,
March 27, 1865.
HON. SEC. OF WAR, Richmond.
SIR: I have been awaiting the receipt of the order from the
Department for raising and organizing the colored troops before taking any
action in the matter. I understand that orders have been published in the
newspapers, but have not seen them. In the mean time, I have been informed that
a number of recruits may be obtained in Petersburg if suitable persons be
employed to get them to enlist. . . .
Very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
R. E. LEE,
General.
SOURCE: John William Jones, Life and Letters of
Robert Edward Lee: Soldier and Man, p. 362
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