| Received at Richd Sept 14 1863 at ... o'clock,
... minutes, |
| By telegraph from Wilmington 14. To
Maj F. W. Sims |
| |
| I have train now here to carry two thousand six
hundred men. They will all get off tonight this embraces Woffords
brigade & some four hundred scattering from various commands
together with stragglers |
| H. M. Drane |
| {File data on reverse} H.
M. Drane {Superintendent, Wilmington &
Manchester RR} |
| Wilmington Sept 14th 63 |
| I have train now here to carry two thousand six
hundred men |