Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Major-General Robert C. Schenck to Edwin M. Stanton, November 1, 1863

BALTIMORE, MD., November 1, 1863.
Hon. E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War:

I will go to see the President by next train, 5 p.m. to-day. My order as to the election has already been issued.* If it is revoked, we lose this State. Can I see you first on arrival at Washington this evening?

ROBT. C. SCHENCK,
Major-General.
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SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series III, Volume 3 (Serial No. 124), p. 968

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