Telegram Cypher. Recd at Richmond May 18 at 10 o'clock 15 min. Spottsylvania C.H. May 18 [1864], via Guineas
To His Ex. Presdt. Davis
If the changed circumstances as around Richmond will permit, I recommend that such troops as can be spared be sent to me at once. Reports from our scouts unite in stating that reinforcements to Genl Grant are arriving. The 22nd Corps in whole or part has passed through Fredericksburg and drafted men are arriving from the North
(signed) R E Lee
[Endorsed] Copy Telegram Genl Lee Spotts. C.H. May 18/64 May 18/64
W. J. De Renne Collection Wormsloe, Chatham County, Georgia (1914)
Printed in Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee’s Dispatches, Dispatch No. 101.