OR, Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 2, Page 1233

Wilmington
February 20, 1865
(Received 6:10 p.m.)
 
General Bragg
Magnolia
 
   I hear they refuse to receive the prisoners now, and Hoke orders them to Goldsborough {up the Wilmington & Weldon RR}. They cannot all be moved there before the city falls. Please direct them to be unloaded at Burgaw and return for more. The Yankees are in three miles of the town and shelling furiously.
S. L. Fremont
Engineer Wilmington & Weldon Railroad

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