Received at Richd. May 31, 1864. By telegraph from Atlees Station 31
To Gen Braxton Bragg
O.K. 5 A.M. Best route for Hoke when arrived at Richmond is to march to Mechanicsville and halt there
R E Lee
[Endorsed] 16/320 F Atlees Station May 31, 1864. R E Lee, Genl. Reports best route for Hoke when he arrives in Richmond, is to march to Mechanicsville and halt there RB 988 Reed 31 May.
W. J. De Renne Collection Wormsloe, Chatham County, Georgia (1914)
Printed in Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee’s Dispatches, Dispatch No. 115.