Saturday, October 21, 2017

Simon Cameron to Abraham Lincoln, June 15, 1863 – 3:50 p.m.

HARRISBURG, June 15, 1863.
(Received 3.50 p.m.)
Hon. ABRAHAM LINCOLN:

I do not believe that you can get troops in time under your call for six months, but if you authorize General Couch to accept them for the emergency, a very large force will be on hand immediately.

SIMON CAMERON.

SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 27, Part 3 (Serial No. 45), p. 141

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