CITY POINT, November
10, 1864 — 10.30 p.m.
Hon. E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War, Washington:
Enough now seems to be known to say who is to hold the reins
of Government for the next four years. Congratulate the President for me for
the double victory. The election having passed off quietly, no bloodshed or
riot throughout the land, is a victory worth more to the country than a battle
won. Rebeldom and Europe will so construe it.
U.S. GRANT,
Lieutenant-General.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume
42, Part 3 (Serial No. 89), p. 581
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