WASHINGTON, May 25,
1862 – 2 p.m.
The enemy is moving north in sufficient force to drive
General Banks before him precisely in what force we cannot tell. He is also
threatening Leesburg, and Geary, in the Manassas Gap Railroad, from both north
and south – in precisely what force we cannot tell. I think the movement is a
general and concerted one, such as would not be if he was acting upon the
purpose of a very desperate defense of Richmond. I think the time is near when
you must either attack Richmond or give up the job and come to the defense of
Washington. Let me hear from you instantly.
A. LINCOLN,
President.
Major-General McCLELLAN.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume
11, Part 1 (Serial No. 12), p. 32
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