United States Military
Telegraph
War Department.
Washington D.C. June 10, 1863.
Major General Hooker
Your long despatch of to-day is just received. If left to
me, I would not go South of the Rappahannock, upon Lee's moving North of it. If
you have Richmond invested to-day, you would not be able to take it in twenty
days; meanwhile, your communications, and with them, your Army would be ruined.
I think Lee's Army, and not Richmond,
is your true objective point. If he comes towards the Upper Potomac, follow on
his flank, and on the inside track, shortening your lines, whilst he lengthens
his. Fight him when oppertunity offers. If he stays where he is, fret him, and
fret him.
A Lincoln
SOURCE: The Abraham Lincoln
Papers at the Library of Congress, Washington D. C.
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