On the 8th of April, at Fredericksburg,

"11th" Richmond,

"14th" Petersburg,

"16th" Halifax,

"18th" Tarborough,

"20th" Newbern, '

"24th" Wilmington,

"29th" Georgetown, South Carolina,

On the 2nd of May, at Charleston, halting five days,

"11th" Savannah, halting two days.

Thence, leaving the line of the mail, I shall proceed to Augusta, and
according to the information which I may receive there, my return, by
an upper road, will be regulated. The route of my return is at present
uncertain, but in all probability it will be through Columbia, Camden,
Charlotte, Salisbury, Salem, Guilford, Hillsborough, Harrisburg,
Williamsburg to Taylor's Ferry on the Roanoke, and thence to
Fredericksburg by the nearest and best road.

After thus explaining to you, as far as I am able at present, the