Saturday, March 15, 2014

Major General Robert E. Lee to Brigadier General Thomas J. Jackson, July 3, 1861


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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