May 2, 1861.
I have just received Custis’s letter of the 30th, enclosing
the acceptance of my resignation. It is stated it will take effect on the 25th
of April. I resigned on the 20th, and wished it to take effect on that day. I
cannot consent to its running on farther, and he must receive no pay if they
tender it beyond that day, but return the whole if need be.
SOURCE: John William Jones, Life and Letters of
Robert Edward Lee: Soldier and Man, p. 141
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