Some fragmentary intelligence comes to us of a conflict of
the two great armies. A two days' fight is said to have taken place. The
President came into my room about 1 P.M., and told me he had slept none last
night. He lay down for a short time on the sofa in my room and detailed all the
news he had gathered.
Mr. Wing, a correspondent of the New York Tribune, called
upon me this evening. He brings the first news we have had, but this is not
full and conclusive.
SOURCE: Gideon Welles, Diary of Gideon Welles,
Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson, Vol. 2: April 1, 1864 —
December 31, 1866, p. 25
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