Recd at Richmond Va., Apl. 23, 1864 By telegraph from Orange C.H.
To Genl S. Cooper. A & I. Genl
Dispatch received. It is impossible for me to spare Genl Ed. Johnson at this time.
(signed) R. E. Lee General
[Endorsed] Official copy of Telegram received . . . and respectfully submitted to Genl B. Bragg John W. Riely, A.A.G Orange C.H. 23 April, 64. R. E. Lee General Canât spare Gent Johnson. RB 345 Recd 24 Apl 64
W. J. De Renne CollectionWormsloe, Chatham County, Georgia (1914)
Printed in Douglas Southall Freeman, Leeâs Dispatches, Dispatch No. 88.