I wrote you a few lines the other day and also to
daughter Charlotte. Tell her she must talk quick to you. Her time is
getting short and the soldiers complain of officers' wives visiting them when
theirs cannot. I am petitioned to send them off. Your poor mother is I fear no
better. I received yesterday a very pleasing letter from Rev. Dr. S.,
complimentary of Precious Life. I have mailed it to your mother. Kiss Chass for
me, and tell her that daughters are not prohibited from visiting their papas.
It is only objected to wives visiting their husbands. But she and Mrs. R. are
not included in the prohibition. Your Uncle Carter says that they had him with
a gun and sword buckled to him, guarding a ford on James River during
Stoneman's last expedition. You and Fitz must not let them capture your uncle.
I wish I could have seen your review. I hope Chass did.
Affly. your father,
R. E. LEE.
GEN. WM. FITZHUGH LEE.
SOURCE: John William Jones, Life and Letters
of Robert Edward Lee: Soldier and Man, p. 228-9
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