The Secretary of War and General Halleck are much
dissatisfied that Admiral Porter should have sent me information of the capture
of Vicksburg in advance of any word from General Grant, and also with me for
spreading it at once over the country without verification from the War Office.
SOURCE: Gideon Welles, Diary of Gideon Welles,
Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson, Vol. 1: 1861 – March 30,
1864, p. 367
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