[Telegram] (Copy) Head Quarters, Dec. 17/64.
Hon. J. A. Seddon, Secy. War.
Major J. S. Johnston' reports from Dublin that enemy have left Wytheville, retiring by same route they came. Vaughan reported near Wytheville, and lead mines safe.
(Signed) R. E. Lee
[Endorsed ] Resp. submitted for the information of the President. James A. Seddon Secy. War. Dec. 18/64. Copy telegram to Sec. War. R. E. Lee Dec. 17 - 1864.
W. J. De Renne CollectionWormsloe, Chatham County, Georgia (1914)
Printed in Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee’s Dispatches, Dispatch No. 174.