Sunday, February 2, 2014

Abraham Lincoln to Major General Henry W. Halleck, December 31, 1861

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 31, 1861.

General HALLECK,  Saint Louis, Mo.:

General McClellan is sick. Are General Buell and yourself in concert? When he moves on Bowling Green, what hinders it being re-enforced from Columbus? A simultaneous movement by you on Columbus might prevent it.

A. LINCOLN.
(Similar dispatch to Buell same date.)

SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 7 (Serial No. 7), p. 524

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