[Charleston] June 28th 6 o'clock, A.M.
Dear Col.
I shall send you immediately a reinforcement. If the bridge cannot be finished without taking down the old...take it down without ceremony, but it would be better to have both Yours
Charles Lee2
1. Moultrie's Memoirs, I, 166.
2. This date Lee also cautioned Moultrie "not to throw away your ammunition." Moultrie noted: "This letter was written to me during the action." Ibid.
