Commanding United-States Forces on the Rappahannock.
General,--In reply to your communication of the 9th inst., I have the
honor to state that it will give me pleasure to afford every facility to
relatives and friends of officers killed in the late battles, to
recover their bodies; but I have no means of identifying them, or
of ascertaining the fields on which they fell. If you will have me
informed, I will cause search to be made.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
R. E. LEE, General.