Camp Orange Co: 30 Apl ‘64 
My Dear Blair, 
  I expect to move my camp soon, and in the journey I am obliged to make, I fear the chicken you were so kind as to give me may suffer and be injured. I have therefore determined to send him to you to keep for me. He will have nice grounds to run in with you, whereas with me he will have to be cooped up and have a dreadful time. I shall think of you very often and wish to see you and I hope you will not forget me. You must take good care of your dear mother and do everything she desires, and that God in his mercy may guard you both, and in the earnest prayer of your friend 
 
       Robert E. Lee 
 
Mr. Blair Robertson