Dispatch of 1.15 received. I shall come
as soon as trains from Lynchburg
arrive. I cannot start sooner for fear of interruption on the road
if trains start in both ways, besides my troops marched twenty miles
to-day. ***** If you can hold out till morning and the railroad does
not fail all will be well. Do not trust too much to the energy of
the superintendent {could mean either the
Superintendent of the Orange & Alexandria RR or the Virginia
Central RR, since this is the part of the track used by both roads}. I have had to deal with him before.