CAMP, ORANGE CO., 20th
March, 1864.
I enclose to your care, dear Cousin Margaret, notes to your
mother and little sister which I hope you can send to them without trouble. I
wish also to say to you that you must write me that letter over again. In the
pile that I found on my table there was not one line from you. Are you sure you
wrote it? Perhaps it was to some other old general in this army. This makes two
of your letters that the public have deprived me of. I can tell you for your
satisfaction that General Johnson is well, that General Early has just returned
from a visit home, and is handsomer than ever. He looks high in his new
garments, and the black plume in his beaver gives him the air of a gay
cavalier. You will have to pay us another visit, Maggie, but no one wants to
see you as much as your cousin. Present my kind regards to Mrs. Randolph. Tell her
I thought of her before 12 o'clock the day I left, for I missed my breakfast.
She knows the pleasure the recollection of her always gives me, but that
morning it brought material comfort. Tell Miss Jeannie I hope the dear Dr. is
happy.
Truly and
affectionately, yours,
R. E. LEE.
SOURCE: John William Jones, Life and Letters of
Robert Edward Lee: Soldier and Man, p. 301-2
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