[Telegram] (Copy) Head Qrs. Mar 31/65.
Hon. Secretary War,
Genl. Taylor, on the 30th., reports that the enemy's column from the Tennessee River is seventy miles from Selma.
(Signed) R. E. Lee
[Endorsed] Respectfully submitted for the information of the President. By order J. A. Campbell Asst. Secy. War. April 1/65. Copy Tel. Gen. R. E. Lee to Sec. of War. Hd. Qrs. Mar 31. 1865. Genl. Taylor reports movements of enemy against Mobile. Recd. April 1. 1865.
W. J. De Renne CollectionWormsloe, Chatham County, Georgia (1914)
Printed in Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee’s Dispatches, Dispatch No. 200.