RRBAT 9/7/1863

Southern Telegraph Form
Received at Richmond Sept 7 1863 at ... o'clock, ... minutes,
By telegraph from Goldsboro. To F W Sims
 
Are the troops to go over North Carolina or Wilmington & Weldon Roads or both & have you notified any of our Roads of their expected movements or have any of them left Richmond it may be better for me to go to Raleigh I can tell {document torn and missing here} receive your answer
John D. Whitford
{File data on reverse} John D. Whitford {President, Atlantic & North Carolina RR}
Goldsboro Sept 7th 63
Asking whether troops will go over the N. C. or Wilmington R.

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