Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Abraham Lincoln to Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant, August 17, 1864, 10.30. a.m.

WASHINGTON, August 17, 186410.30 a.m.
Lieutenant-General GRANT:

I have seen your dispatch,* expressing your unwillingness to break your hold where you are. Neither am I willing. Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.

A. LINCOLN.
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* See August 15, p. 193.

SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 42 (Serial No. 88), p. 243

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