Telegram Cypher Hd. Qrs. A.N.V. 14 Via Guineas May 14 [1864]
To Presdt. Davis
Supplies can be sent by Petersburg or Danville to Lynchburg and thence by the Orange and Alex. Roads. We have three days supply and if more can be had I trust all will go well. I earnestly urge that all cavalry and infantry that can be spared be immediately drawn from S.C. to defend Richmond and communications & that the Reserves & militia be at once called out for the purpose of guarding bridges & roads to this army.
(Signed) R. E. Lee
by C. Marshall A.D.C.
[Endorsed] Copy Telegram. R. E. Lee 14 May 64. Hd. Qrs.
W. J. De Renne CollectionWormsloe, Chatham County, Georgia (1914)
Printed in Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee’s Dispatches, Dispatch No. 94.