Received at Richmond Augt. 24 1863 By Telegraph from Orange C.H. 24
To Genl. S. Cooper
On application of Genl. Sam Jones, I have directed Jenkins and Wharton’s Brigades to report to him.
R. E. Lee
[Endorsed] Official copy of Telegram received and respt. submitted to the President. Jno. Withers Asst. Adjt. Genl. Augt. 24 1863. Genl. R. E. Lee Orange C. H.
W. J. De Renne CollectionWormsloe, Chatham County, Georgia (1914)
Printed in Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee’s Dispatches, Dispatch No. 66.