CITY POINT, VA., April 3, 1865—8.30 a.m.
Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War:
This morning General Grant reports Petersburg evacuated, and
he is confident Richmond also is. He is pushing forward to cut off, if
possible, the retreating army. I start to him in a few minutes.
A. LINCOLN.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I Volume
46, Part 3 (Serial No. 97), p. 508
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