HEADQUARTERS, GUINEY'S [STATION], VA., May 5,
1863.
At the close of the battle of Chancellorsville on Sunday the
enemy was reported advancing from Fredericksburg in our rear. General McLaws
was sent back to arrest his progress, and repulsed him handsomely that
afternoon at Tabernacle Church. Learning that this force consisted of two corps
under General Sedgwick, I determined to attack it. Leaving a sufficient force
to hold General Hooker in check, who had not recrossed the Rappahannock, as was
reported, but occupied a strong position in front of the United States Ford, I
marched back yesterday with General Anderson, and, uniting with McLaws and
Early in the afternoon, succeeded by the blessing of Heaven in driving General
Sedgwick over the river. We have reoccupied Fredericksburg, and no enemy
remains south of the Rappahannock in its vicinity.
R. E. LEE,
General.
His Excellency President DAVIS.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume
25, Part 1 (Serial No. 39), p. 794-5
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