Camp Rappahannock,
October 28, 1863.
I moved yesterday into a nice pine thicket, and Perry is
today engaged in constructing a chimney in front of my tent, which will make it
warm and comfortable. I have no idea when F.1 will be exchanged. The
Federal authorities still resist all exchanges, because they think it is to our
interest to make them. Any desire expressed on our part for the exchange of any
individual magnifies the difficulty, as they at once think some great benefit
is to result to us from it. His detention is very grievous to me, and, besides,
I want his services. I am glad you have some socks for the army. Send them to
me. They will come safely. Tell the girls to send all they can. I wish they
could make some shoes too. We have thousands of barefooted men. There is no
news. General Meade, I believe, is repairing the railroad, and I presume will
come on again. If I could only get some shoes and clothes for the men, I would
save him the trouble.
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1 William H. Fitzhugh Lee
SOURCE: John William Jones, Life and Letters of
Robert Edward Lee: Soldier and Man, p. 290
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