Monday, March 3, 2014

Abraham Lincoln to Major General John C. Frémont, May 24, 1862 – 7:15 p.m.

WAR DEPARTMENT, May 24, 1862 7.15 p.m.
Major-General FRÉMONT,
Franklin, Va.:

Many thanks for the promptness with which you have answered that you will execute the order. Much – perhaps all – depends upon the celerity with which you can execute it. Put the utmost speed into it. Do not lose a minute.

A. LINCOLN.

SOURCES: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 12, Part 1 (Serial No. 15), p. 643

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