OR, Series 1, Vol. 40, Part 3, Page 1296

Wilmington
December 23, 1864
 
Col. John B. Sale
Richmond, Va.
 
   The fleet which drew off in the rough weather is again assembled; seventy vessels now in sight on the coast. The advance of the troops {sent from Richmond} only reached here to-night.
Braxton Bragg
 
(Copies sent to the President, Secretary of War, and the Adjutant-General.)

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