Edwin M. Stanton to Major-General Ambrose Burnside, May 8, 1863

WAR DEPARTMENT,         

Washington City, May 8, 1863.

Major-General BURNSIDE, Cincinnati:

In your determination to support the authority of the Government and suppress treason in your department, you may count on the firm support of the President.

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 23, Part 2 (Serial No. 35), p. 316