| Received at Richmond Dec 9 1863 at ... o'clock,
... minutes, |
| By telegraph from Macon 9. To
Maj F W Sims |
| |
| Genl Whiting has pressed the train I send to
Wilmington Please have it released at once We cannot spare it answer |
| A. L. Tyler |
| {File data on reverse}
A. L. Tyler {Superintendent, Macon &
Western RR} |
| Macon Dec 9th 1863 |
| Stating that Genl Whiting has pressed his train at
Wilmington |