Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Colonel Theodore S. Bowers to Brigadier-General John Rawlins, August 25, 1864

. . . Anxious as we all are to have you return we trust you will remain until your health has permanently improved, unless the necessities of the service here make your presence indispensable. In the latter case we shall promptly telegraph you to come. I will show portions of your letter to the General in the morning and to-morrow will give you his views on the subject. I regret to say that Grant has been quite unwell for the past ten days. He feels languid and feeble and is hardly able to keep about, yet he tends to business promptly and his daily walk and conduct are unexceptionable. . . .

James Harrison Wilson, The Life of John A. Rawlins, p. 258

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