Annotation
[1] Copy, DLC-RTL. Brackets are in the source. In the Lincoln Papers there is a letter dated July 18, 1863, from Mary L. Fendall to Mrs. Stephen P. Lee, whom she addresses, ``Dear Cousin'': ``The various reports we heard of the great suffering of the wounded at Gettysburg . . . made me so anxious concerning the fate of Robert . . . I decided to go & see for myself. . . . Everything in Gettysburg is in the utmost confusion. No provisions of any kind can be obtained & the atmosphere of the whole town is absolutely stifling. . . . If it is quite impossible for us to bring Robert home, don't you think we might get him transferred to a Hospital in this city where we could give him the care he so sorely needs. . . .''
No further correspondence concerning the case has been found. Captain Robert Y. Brown of the Eighteenth Mississippi, CSA, a son of Albert G. Brown, was exchanged and re-entered the Confederate Army in June, 1864.