The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. VI (Chap. 1.237) lyrics
by Abraham Lincoln
Telegram To Governor Johnson.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, December 8, 1862. GOVERNOR ANDREW JOHNSON, Nashville, Tenn.:
Jesse H. Strickland is here asking authority to raise a regiment of Tennesseeans. Would you advise that the authority be given him?
A. LINCOLN.