RICHMOND, VA., July 3d,
1861.
My dear general, I have the pleasure of sending you a
commission of brigadier-general in the Provisional Army, and to feel that you
merit it. May your advancement increase your usefulness to the State.
Very truly,
R. E. LEE.
SOURCE: Mary Anna Jackson, Life and Letters of
General Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall Jackson), p. 166
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