NA, RR 6/8/1862

Southern Telegraph Form
 
Received at                   June 8 1862 at              o'clock               minutes
By telegraph from Proctorville  8 To Geo W Randolph Secty War
 
   I have informed the Q. M. Genl. that a Railroad costing fifteen thousand dollars can with 150 men be built in 8 to 10 days to connect this Road with horse boat navigation at Milton. Supplies for the army can now be hauled across from Keswick {about 8 miles east of Charlottesville} a distance of three miles by a Bad road but unless Genl Jackson is reinforced the enemy may be expected to stop all communication by burning the Bridges at the Rivanna
E Fontaine Prest  {Virginia Central RR}

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