HEADQUARTERS, March
30th, 1865.
GEN. J. C.
BRECKINRIDGE, SECRETARY OF WAR.
Gen. Gordon reports
that the enemy, at 11 A.M. yesterday, advanced against a part of his lines,
defended by Brig.-Gen. Lewis, but was repulsed.
The fire of
artillery and mortars continued for several hours with considerable activity.
No damage on our
lines reported.
R. E. LEE.
SOURCE: John
Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate
States Capital, Volume 2, p. 463
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