Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Edwin M. Stanton to Major-General William T. Sherman, October 13, 1864 – 8:30 p.m.

WAR DEPARTMENT,         
Washington, October 13, 1864 — 8.30 p.m.
(Received 15th.)
Major-General SHERMAN:

You will see by General Grant's dispatch that your plans are approved by him. You may count on the co-operation of this Department to the full extent of the power of the Government. Supplies will be forwarded with the utmost dispatch to the points indicated. Whatever results you have the confidence and support of the Government.

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 39, Part 3 (Serial No. 79), p. 240

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