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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04702.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | Abraham Lincoln to Andrew H. Foote, regarding naval support for Grant's Tennessee campaign |
| Date | 23 January 1862 |
| Author | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Correspondence |
| Content Description | Basler 5: 108 (Footnote reprints GLC 4702.02, cover letter by Wise accompanying Lincoln's telegram). Lincoln writes in the third-person: "The President wishes the rafts with their 13 inch mortars and all appointments to be ready for use at the earliest possible moment. What can be done to advance this? What is lacking? What is being done, so far as you know? Telegraph us every day, showing the progress, or lack of progress in this matter." Annotated and dated by Wise 3.15 P.M. Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. V 1861 - 1862, p. 108 - 109. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union General Union Forces President Navy Artillery Weaponry |
| People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Place written | Washington |
| Theme | The American Civil War; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Notes: Basler 5: 108. Wise's telegram follows. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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