Note written by Abraham Lincoln to Union officer in 1863 found

[Omaha Steve]

I found this while looking into Abraham Lincoln because he was in a post of mine in GDP.


http://www.starbanner.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070609/NEWS/206090332/1003/NEWS03%3E&MaxW=270&MaxH=200

Note written by Abraham Lincoln to Union officer in 1863 found

BY SARAH ABRUZZESE
THE NEW YORK TIMES
WASHINGTON - It was a historian's dream: alone in dimly lighted stacks, leafing through hundreds of yellowed papers and stumbling across a document that clarifies a pivotal moment in U.S. history.

"It was kind of a shock," said Trevor Plante, an archivist at the National Archives, about finding a letter written by Abraham Lincoln after the Union victory at Gettysburg.

The note was dated July 7, 1863, just a few days after two Union victories that followed a string of humbling defeats. Lincoln wrote the note to Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck, the Union general in chief, pushing him to urge Maj. Gen. George G. Meade to capitalize on the Gettysburg victory and pursue retreating Confederate forces led by Gen. Robert E. Lee.

"We have certain information that Vicksburg surrendered to General Grant on the 4th of July," the letter says. "Now, if Gen. Meade can complete his work so gloriously prosecuted thus far, by the litteral or substantial destruction of Lee's army, the rebellion will be over."

Halleck forwarded the two sentences via telegram on July 7 from Washington to Meade at Gettysburg.

The one-paragraph note has been quoted for years but until now it was not clear that the quotations were verbatim. The whereabouts of the original document was also a mystery.

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[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Glad they found it.

Lincoln was a President who really cared for his country, and really tried to do what he felt was right. He was one that was heavily burdened by all the deaths and suffering, yet never shirked his duty when it came to visiting the wounded-even wounded Confederates, to whom he held out his hand in friendship. He pardoned many men who were condemned to death for running away from combat or for sleeping at their posts.

What has happened to our nation that we have gotten the psychopath we have now? My great great grandparents and their , who were volunteers in Illinois regiments, would be appalled. All of them, even the one who was injured while in camp in a freak accident and never saw combat, were far more brave and honorable than the coward in the White House now.

[NCarolinawoman]

2. Thanks for posting this.

I am kind of fascinated by these little bits of history.

:thumbsup:

[rug]

3. And then there's this: