ave an official report to make
which will not be modified by your note.

It is notorious that you have a thousand times expressed
your disgust that the commanding general did not permit you
to fight. It is equally notorious that you retired from
the field. These are the two facts of which I reminded you
on Tuesday. I made no comment upon them, and if the simple
truth has been offensive, the interpretation of it has been
your own.

Yours truly,
D. H. HILL,
BRIGADIER GENERAL TOOMBS. Major General.

HEADQUARTERS FIRST BRIGADE, FIRST DIVISION,
July 6, 1862.

GENERAL D. H. HILL.

_Sir_: Your note of this date has just been received. It is
scarcely necessary for me to say it is not satisfactory. It
would be inappropriate to comment upon it properly in this
note, and for that reason alone I waive it for the present.

As to your remark that you were the commanding officer on
the field on the 1st inst., I never before heard of it, nor
do I now think so, but, however that fact may be, I am at a
loss to know for what reason you state it unless it was to
menace and intimidate me in the pursuit of proper
satisfaction for the unprovoked insult you have cast upon
me. If that was your object, this note will satisfy you
that you have failed in your object. I now demand of you
personal satisfaction for the insult you cast upon my
command and myself on the battlefield on the 1st inst., and
for the repetition and aggravation thereof in your note of
this day. I refer you to my friend Colonel Benning for all
necessary arrangements.

Your obedient servant,
ROBERT TOOMBS.

CAMP NEAR RICHMOND, VA.,
July 12, 1862.

_General_: Your note of the 6th was received yesterday. I
must again enter my protest against your second declaration
that I reflected upon your brigade in the battle of
Malvern Hill. Witnesses to our interview affirm that my
remarks were entirely personal to yourself.

In regard to your demand for satisfaction, I construe it to
mean either that I must apologize to you for the language
used by me on the battlefield, or t