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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07872 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 |
| Title | Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Major Thomas T. Eckert requesting reports regarding the Hampton Roads Peace Conference |
| Date | 7 February 1865 |
| Author | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Recipient | Eckert, Thomas T. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written on War Department, Washington City stationery, President Lincoln requests Major Thomas T. Eckert supply specific reports regarding the Hampton Roads Peace Conference. In part: "Please furnish me copies of all dispatches sent by the Secretary of War or myself, on or about the negotiations..." Lincoln lists the specific dispatches he is requesting (including ones to General Grant, General Ord, and Mr. Seward) by date. |
| Subjects | President Telegraph Civil War Military History Union Forces Confederate States of America Peace Union General Lincoln's Cabinet |
| People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Eckert, Thomas Thompson (1825-1910) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |