Recd at Richmond Sept 8, 1862 By Telegraph from Montgomery Co., Md. 13 miles from. Frederick town Md. 6th.
To Presdt Davis
Two divisions of the army have crossed the Potomac. I hope all will cross today navigation of the canal has been interrupted and efforts will be made to break up the use of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-road.
R. E. Lee.
[Endorsed] Sept 6, 1862. Genl R. E. Lee near Frederick, Md.
W. J. De Renne CollectionWormsloe, Chatham County, Georgia (1914)
Printed in Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee’s Dispatches, Dispatch No. 31.