[Telegram] Received at Richmond, Va. July 8 1864. at 7.25 P.M. Hd. Qrs. near Petersburg.
His Excellency J. Davis
Telegram received. The expedition is spoken of all through the army, information having been brought from Richmond. I will inform the leaders and let them judge.
(Signed) R. E. Lee
[Endorsed] Genl. R. E. Lee Hd. Qrs. Near Petersburg July 8 1864. Telegram in cypher. Recd. July 8 1864.
W. J. De Renne CollectionWormsloe, Chatham County, Georgia (1914)
Printed in Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee’s Dispatches, Dispatch No. 155.