Camp Near Orange Court
House, August 23, 1863
You may see that a distinguished arrival at Washington is
chronicled in the papers of that city, Miss Catherine Burke.1 She is
reported to have given interesting accounts of the Lee family. My camp is near Mr. Erasmus Taylor's house,
who has been very kind in contributing to our comfort. His wife sends us every
day buttermilk, loaf bread, ice, and such vegetables as she has. I cannot get
her to desist, though I have made two special visits to that effect. All the
brides have come on a visit to the army — Mrs. Ewell, Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Heth,
etc. General Meade's army is north of the Rappahannock, along the Orange and
Alexandria Railroad. He is very quiet.
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1 This was one of the colored servants from
Arlington.
SOURCE: John William Jones, Life and Letters of
Robert Edward Lee: Soldier and Man, p. 284-5
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