Bright, beautiful, and warmer; but fire in the morning.
The following dispatch from Gen. Lee was received by Gen. Bragg to-day and sent to the Secretary.
ORANGE C. H., May 4th, 1864.
Reports from our lookouts seem to indicate that the enemy is in motion. The present direction of his column is to our right.
Gen. Imboden reports the enemy advancing from Winchester, up the Valley, with wagons, beef cattle, etc.
R. E. LEE.
There is a rumor of fighting at Chancellorville, and this is the anniversary, I believe, of the battle there. May we be as successful this time! But the report is not authentic. Firing is heard now in the direction of York River.
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 2, p.
198
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