WAR DEPARTMENT,
May 24, 1862 — 4 p.m.
Major-General FRéMONT,
Franklin:
You are authorized
to purchase the 400 horses or take them wherever and however you can get them.
The exposed
condition of General Banks makes his immediate relief a point of paramount
importance. You are therefore directed by the President to move against Jackson
at Harrisonburg, and operate against the enemy in such way as to relieve Banks.
This movement must be made immediately. You will acknowledge the receipt of
this order and specify the hour it is received by you.
A. LINCOLN.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 12,
Part 1 (Serial No. 15), p. 643
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