OFFICE POST COMMANDANT,
Warren, June 12, 1864.
Capt. C. C. Wolfe, Commanding Picket Post, Mount Elba Road.
Captain--I have just received your note, and in reply will state that we have pickets on the Warren, Princeton, and Tulip roads, and in fact on every road leading from this place. I am glad you are aware of the necessity of reporting any advance of the enemy. Lee is in his fortifications at Richmond. Grant is in 7 miles of him, yet do not feel discouraged. That is Lee, Davis, Beauregard, Johnston’s, and Bragg’s plan. Johnston has given Sherman a severe whipping, taking 16,000 prisoners; no doubt of this. Everything is bright and buoyant. I shall be pleased to hear from you again.
I have the honor to be, captain, very respectfully, &c.,
CHARLES G. NEWMAN,
Captain, Commanding Post.