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Letter from Robert E. Lee...

Item # 694417
June 16, 1864
RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, June 16, 1864

* From the capital of the Confederacy
* Rebel General Robert E. Lee Letter


Among the front page war reports in this newspaper from the capital of the Confederacy are: "The War News" which begins with a letter to the Secretary of War, signed in type: R. E. Lee, General; "The Transportation of the Wounded" "From the Raiding Party Around Lynchburg"; a letter from Read's Artillery Battalion" and more.
The back page has more war news: "The Mississippi Blockade" "Additional From the North" "The Yankee Account of the Capture of the Water Witch" "A Bit of Yankee Spleen" and a lengthy editorial.
Complete as a single sheet issue with a single column masthead, close trimmed at the spine margin affects some text on the back page.