Art Green
J. B. Lankford absent by order of General Lee
Sun Jul 29 20:21:06 2001


Jim this is only my impression after looking at many soldiers files. I believe "by order of Gen. Lee" only means that as Commander of the Army he was responsible for whatever order given. I may be entirely wrong and it was a direct order by Lee himself but I saw "by order of Gen. Lee" on several documents associated with the 43rd Inf. AEG