CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, WAR DEPARTMENT, June 8, 1864

Richmond, Va., June 8, 1864.

General HOWELL CoBB, Macon, Ga.:

Following telegram just received.* Matter submitted to your discretion. J. A. SEDDON, Secretary of War.

*See Watts to Seddon, June 7, p. 476.

Macon, June 9, 1864. JAMES A. SEDDON:

Yours, forwarding Governor Watts’ dispatch, received. Colonel Browne will recommend detail of all the operatives at Dawson except those whose work can be done by negro laborers. I approve his decision and will communicate to Governor Watts.

HOWELL COBB, Major-General.