| Charleston, S. C. |
| April 27, 1864 |
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| General Samuel Cooper |
| Adjutant and Inspector General |
| Richmond, Va. |
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| Your telegram of this date regarding
movements of troops from Savannah
received. The orders for their movement were given without delay.
Your change of orders for the Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Georgia
Regiments occasioned some delay, as the latter had not returned from
Florida. Another delay has been caused by the obligation of the South
Carolina Railroad to deliver a certain amount of corn in Richmond
per day, and I have not thought proper to give any order which would
interfere with compliance with that obligation. The transportation
of prisoners to the South has also caused delay in transportation of
troops.
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| Sam. Jones |
| Major-General |
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