WAR DEPARTMENT, June
5, 1863.
C. A. DANA, Esq., Grant's Headquarters, near Vicksburg:
Your telegrams up to the 30th have been received. Everything
in the power of this Government will be put forth to aid General Grant. The
emergency is not underrated here. Your telegrams are a great obligation, and
are looked for with deep interest. I cannot thank you as much as I feel for the
service you are now rendering. You have been appointed an assistant
adjutant-general, with rank of major, with liberty to report to General Grant,
if he needs you. The appointment may be a protection to you. I shall expect
daily reports, if possible.
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
24, Part 1 (Serial No. 36), p. 93
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