[Telegram]
Received at Richmond, Va. July 12 1864.
at 8.45 P.M.
Hd. Qrs. Near Petersburg 12
His Excy Jeffn. Davis
Prest. C. S.
Telegram of to-day
received. I regret the fact stated. It is a bad time to release [relieve] the
commander of an army situated as that of Tenne. We may lose Atlanta and the
army too. Hood is a bold fighter. I am doubtful as to other qualities
necessary.
R. E. Lee
[Endorsed]
Genl. R. E. Lee
Hd. Qrs. Army N.
Va.
July 12 1864.
Telegram in cypher.
Reed. July 12 1864.
SOURCE: Doughlas Southall Freeman, Editor, Lee's Dispatches: Unpublished Letters of
General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A., p. 282
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