OR, Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 3, Page 801

Lexington, N. C.
April 15, 1865
 
Hon. John C. Breckinridge
Secretary of War
 
Sir,
   The operator here has just informed me of important dispatches for you; also of a train that has passed up the road {North Carolina RR} in search of you. I send the dispatches and have ordered the train to be detained here on its return to await your instruction.
Very respectfully, yours,
Richard Morton
Colonel, &c.
General St. John desires me to say that he has just arrived from the furnace.
R. M.

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