HEADQUARTERS,
PETERSBURG, February 4, 1865.
GEN. S. COOPER,
A. and I. General, Richmond, Va.
GENERAL: I received your telegram of the 1st inst.
announcing my confirmation by the Senate as general-in-chief of the armies of
the Confederate States. I am indebted alone to the kindness of his Excellency
the President for my nomination to this high and arduous office, and I wish I
had the ability to fill it to advantage. As I have received no instructions as
to my duties, I do not know what he desires me to undertake.
I am, respectfully,
your obedient servant,
R. E. LEE,
General.
SOURCE: John William Jones, Life and Letters of
Robert Edward Lee: Soldier and Man, p. 351
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