|
Southern
Telegraph Form |
| |
| Received at
1863 at
o'clock minutes |
|
By telegraph from Wilmington 19 To Brig. Genl Wise |
| |
| I learn you are dissatisfied about your men
at Whiteville. I informed you the men were there in consequence of a car
breaking down that they were to go on your train. I told the conductor
to take them up on your train & notified the Agent by telegraph to tell
the men to be ready to go on your train. If they did not take your train
I presume it must have been there {their}
fault. We could not prevent the accident & after it occurred I
provided for them. Your train was not too crowded to take them. |
| H M Drane |
| Genl Supt
{Wilmington & Manchester RR} |
| {This was a part of
the movement of Longstreet to Chickamauga in September 1863} |