| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Dec. 19th 1864 |
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| Gen. R. E. Lee |
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| Dispatch received & will hold trains
in readiness to move from here, but will not collect trains further
South, until receiving more definite information; as it will retard
the bringing forward your supplies. Please give me the car list
information possible, whether the trains will be needed, as holding
them interferes with transportation of supplies. |
| A. R. Lawton, Q. M. Genl. |
| Sent by telegram. |
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