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Milledgeville and Macon
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| Telegraph Line |
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| Dated, Richmond 18th 186 |
| To Gov J E Brown |
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| Your road is so well conditioned
transports freight faster than others can take it away. By sending
your cars all the way through and hiring others to intermediate roads
this disagreeable delay can be avoided. Va & Tenn RR are in need
though hope be relieved soon. |
| W. S. Ashe |
| Maj. Q. M. |
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| {On reverse side}
The Hon. W. Ashe, of N. C., President of the Wilmington & Weldon {RR}
is the gentleman I mentioned to you in
connexion with my conversation with Mr. Davis. He is charged with
arranging the transportation for the Quartermaster Department
throughout the Confederacy. |
| H. S. C. W. |
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| Though the document has no month
or year on it, it is clearly from 1861. I have chosen August as a
likely month for it to have been sent, but it could have been a month
earlier or later. |
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