Chronology of Wartime Service

June 8, 1862

General Robert E. Lee writes to General Stonewall Jackson suggesting the strategic movement of his forces from the Shenandoah Valley to Richmond to participate in a counterstroke against McClellan's Federal army: "Should there be nothing requiring your attention in the Valley so as to prevent your leaving it a few days, & you can make arrangements to decieve the enemy & impress him with the idea of your presence, please let me know, that you may united at the decisive moment with the army near Richmond." Source: Wartime Papers of Robert E. Lee, p. 187.

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