Headquarters R. E. Lee Camp, No. 1,
Confederate Veterans,
R. E. LEE CAMP HALL, Richmond, Va., May 2d 1908
Commander Geo Patterson
Commander
Post No 334 GAR
Frankford Phila Penn
Dear Sir. We have received through our esteemed fellow Citizen Mr. Jos. B. Welsh, the photograph of Monument erected in All Saints Burrying Ground Forresdale to the memory of the Ingraham Brothers and note the inscription thereon
We gratefully express our appreciation of the noble and generous patriotism which inspires you to do honor to the memory of the Confederate Soldier and are highly pleased that annually you place on their graves the testimonial of a patriotic love for the American Soldier
We have placed in our Hall the photograph and the inscription on the back.
With best wishes
I am By Order of
Commander CWP Brock[1]
J. Taylor Stratton
Adjutant
Source: The Archives of the Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation, Papers of the Lee Family, Box 5, M2009.497, Jessie Ball duPont Library, Stratford Hall
Transcribed by Colin Woodward, 2015 November 30
[1] Charles William Penn Brock (1836-1916), was a surgeon in the 15th Virginia regiment. He is buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.
