Sunday, February 4, 2018

Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, April 3, 1865 – 8:30 a.m.

CITY POINT, VA., April 3, 18658.30 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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