| Received at Richd Sept 19 1863 at ... o'clock, ... minutes, |
| By telegraph from Chester 18 19. To
Maj F W Sims |
| |
| Sent two thousand (2000) troops on the
17th & eight hundred on the 18th and shall on the 19th send
about twenty (20) cars of horses and baggage which will be all that
we have notice of. |
| Thos R Sharp Supt |
| {File data on reverse} Tho.
R. Sharp {Superintendent, Charlotte &
South Carolina RR} |
| Chester Sept 19th/63 |
| A number of troops sent South |