^#1719 ^Lot 1779 Stephen J. Lee

Two attached letters signed “Stephen J. Lee” at the conclusion of each, four pages on two adjoining lined sheets, 7.75 x 9.75. LS, February 15, 1864, written from the Government Printing Office, Harpers Ferry, Va., Lee sends a letter to his wife, stating, in part, “The 12th Connecticut Calvary went home last week…I guess the fight is all over now…I believe Seven-Eights of the old soldiers have re-enlisted and all of the regiments that came out when we did signify a willingness to and some are almost crazy for a chance to re-enlist”; and an ALS on the reverse, February 16, 1864, in which Lee writes to his wife, in which he expresses how eagerly he awaits her response, and that he has nothing new to report, as there is no fighting. In very good condition, with partial separations along the intersecting folds, and scattered areas of stray ink.