(CIVIL WAR) LEE ROBERT E Letter Signed RELee as Commander of

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ISSUING ORDERS DURING THE SEVEN DAYS BATTLES (CIVIL WAR.) LEE, ROBERT E. Letter Signed, "RELee," as Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, to General John George Walker, in pencil, ordering him to provide support for units on Chaffin's or Drewry's bluffs. 1 page, oblong 8vo, pale blue paper; moderate scattered staining, short closed separations at folds, remnants of mounting at all edges verso, addressed on verso in unknown hand in pencil. "H'd Q'rs Williamsburg Road" [Henrico, VA], 29 June 1862

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"I desire you to move down the Osborne Turnpike, and take a position at any convenient place for camping, between Gunn's Farm and Cornelius Creek, and hold your self in readiness to support either Chaf[f]in's Bluff or Drury's [Drewry's] Bluff as occasion may require."
On May 31-June 1, 1862, General George B. McClellan's large Army of the Potomac was prevented from taking Richmond during the Battle of Seven Pines by General Joseph E. Johnston, who was seriously wounded during the engagement. When General Robert E. Lee took command of the Army of Northern Virginia, he employed more aggressive tactics than Johnston, resulting in the series of daily engagements called the Seven Days Battles. On June 25, Lee repelled a surprise attack in the Battle of Oak Grove. In subsequent battles, Lee proceeded to assault the Union lines, including in the Battle of Savage's Station on June 29, during which McClellan's army retreated along the James River away from Drewry's and Chaffin's bluffs, which straddled the river, ending with the Battle of Malvern Hill on the following day. In this final battle, Lee sustained heavy losses and was forced to withdraw, but Lee's aggressiveness had convinced McClellan that the Confederate army was much larger than it was in fact, influencing the decision that was made to withdraw the Union army.
With--(Eugene Wythe Baylor--Louisiana.) Three documents: Appointment for E.W. Baylor as First Lieutenant in state artillery, Signed by Thomas Overton Moore, as Governor • Passport for Baylor to visit Mexico, Signed by James Madison Wells, as Governor • Oath of allegiance to the Union, Signed by Hugh Kennedy, as Mayor of New Orleans. Two additionally signed by Baylor. Baton Rouge, 6 February 1861; New Orleans, 7; 7 November 1865.