Letter to Samuel Cooper from Robert E. Lee requesting orders for Gen. S.R. Gist, Maj. Gen. J.C. Pemberton, and General Trapier, signed August 8, 1862.

Authors

Robert Edward Lee, Confederate States Army

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Description

Robert E. Lee writes to Samuel Cooper to request an order for General States Rights Gist to report to Major General J.C. Pemberton for duty with the troops under his command in South Carolina and Georgia. He also advises General Trapier to report to General Beauregard for duty, signed by Robert E. Lee, 8 April 1862.

Transcription

Headquarters Richmond 8th April 1862 General S. Cooper A & I.G. General, I respecty request that you will cause an order to be issued for Gen'l S.R. Gist to report to Maj. Gen'l J.C. Pemberton comdg. Dept. So. Ca. & Ga., for duty with the troops under his command. Also, if Gen'l Trapier has not been advised that he report to Gen'l Beauregard for duty. I am very respectfully your obedient servant. R.E. Lee, Gen'l

Creation Date

4-8-1862

City

Richmond

State/Province

Virginia

Country

United States

Creator Life Dates

1807-1870

Keywords

Robert E. Lee, Samuel S. Cooper, Richmond, Virginia, General States Rights Gist, States Rights Gist, Major General J.C. Pemberton, J.C. Pemberton, General Trapier, James H. Trapier, General Beauregard, P.G.T. Beauregard, 8 April 1862, 1862, South Carolina, Georgia

Resource Identifier

070425-57

Date Digital

May 2014

Document Type

Manuscript

Disciplines

Military History | United States History

Format (medium)

manuscript

Format (IMT)

PDF

Language

en-us

Digitization Specifications

800ppi 24-bit depth color; Scanned with an Epson 15000 Photo scanner with Epson Scan software; Archival master is a TIFF; TIFFs converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.

Source

The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in The Littlejohn Collection at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library.

Recommended Citation

Lee, Robert Edward, "Letter to Samuel Cooper from Robert E. Lee requesting orders for Gen. S.R. Gist, Maj. Gen. J.C. Pemberton, and General Trapier, signed August 8, 1862." (1862). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 258.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/258

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