| Southern
Telegraph Form |
| |
| Received at Selma May 6 1863 at
o'clock
minutes |
| By telegraph from Richmond 4 To Capt L P Grant Corps
Engr |
| |
| Confer with Genl Buckner as to labor for the salt works
the Govt is anxious that the enterprise would succeed impress this on
commanding genl |
| J. F. Gilmer |
| Col Engrs |
|