WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, July 7,
1863.
Major-General ROSECRANS,
Tullahoma, Tenn.:
We have just received official information that Vicksburg
surrendered to General Grant on the 4th of July. Lee's army overthrown; Grant
victorious. You and your noble army now have the chance to give the finishing
blow to the rebellion. Will you neglect the chance?
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume
23, Part 2 (Serial No. 35), p. 518
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