| Received at ...... 15 1863 at ... o'clock, ... minutes, |
| By telegraph from Charlotte 14. To
Maj F W Sims |
| |
| Send fifteen hundred troops and twelve (12) car loads
of horses and baggage today all that have arrived all troops go off
promptly from Columbia |
| Thos. R. Sharp |
| Supt |
| {File data on reverse} Thos.
R. Sharp Supt |
| Charlotte Sept 14th 63 |
| Send troops horses & baggage |