Letters of R. K Lee. 339
" Camp Orange Courthouse, January i6, 1864.
- ^Lieutenant' General J, Longstreet :
if.if.i^:)f.if.i(iif.i^:)f.i(i tt Yqu know how exhausted the country is between here and the Potomac ; there is nothing for man or horse/*
" Headquarters Army, January 18, 1864.
- ^ Brigadier- General A, R, Lawton^ Quartermaster- General:
" General, — The want of shoes and blankets in this army continues to cause much suffering and to impair its efficiency. In one regi- ment I am informed that there are only fifty men with serviceable shoes, and a brigade that recently went on picket was compelled to leave several hundred men in camp who were unable to bear the exposure of duty, being destitute of shoes and blankets."
- ' Headquarters, January 20, 1864.
^^His Excellency y Jefferson Davis :
- ** Nearly all of his'* (Fitz Lee*s) **men were
frostbitten, some badly ; many injured by the falling of their horses.*'
- Headquarters, April 16, 1864.
- General Braxton Bragg :
- * * * * ** I cannot even draw to me the cavalry or artillery
of the army, and the season has arrived when I may be attacked any day. The scarcity of our supplies gives me the greatest uneasi- ness.**
" Headquarters, April 12, 1864.
- Mr. President, — My anxiety on the subject of provisions for this
army is so great that I cannot refrain from expressing it to your Excellency. I connot see how we can operate with our present sup-
