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![LEE, Robert E. (1807-1870). Autograph endorsement signed ("R E Lee Gen"), written at the conclusion of LEE, Stephen Dill (1833-1908), autograph letter signed ("S.D. Lee Lt. Col & Chief of Arty Magruders [Division]"), 20[?] June [1862].](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2017/NYR/2017_NYR_14998_0063_000(lee_robert_e_autograph_endorsement_signed_written_at_the_conclusion_of095433).jpg?w=1)
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LEE, Robert E. (1807-1870). Autograph endorsement signed ("R E Lee Gen"), written at the conclusion of LEE, Stephen Dill (1833-1908), autograph letter signed ("S.D. Lee Lt. Col & Chief of Arty Magruders [Division]"), 20[?] June [1862].
In pencil, two pages, 122 x 74mm, on lined paper removed from a field diary dated 19-20 December 1861, (uneven margin, light foxing).
In the days leading up to the Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Lee approves an order to send additional horses to reinforce an artillery battery. An improvised communication from Stephen Dill Lee, then commanding the Artillery in John B. McGruder's division, requests two members of Robert E. Lee's staff to "send at once 15 horses to replace horses killed & disabled in action, principally in Kemper Battery, which was much Afflicted."
In pencil, two pages, 122 x 74mm, on lined paper removed from a field diary dated 19-20 December 1861, (uneven margin, light foxing).
In the days leading up to the Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Lee approves an order to send additional horses to reinforce an artillery battery. An improvised communication from Stephen Dill Lee, then commanding the Artillery in John B. McGruder's division, requests two members of Robert E. Lee's staff to "send at once 15 horses to replace horses killed & disabled in action, principally in Kemper Battery, which was much Afflicted."