The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. VI (Chap. 1.249) lyrics
by Abraham Lincoln
Telegram To General Burnside.
Executive Mansion, Washington, December 17, 1862.
MAJOR-GENERAL BURNSIDE
George Patten says he was a classmate of yours and was in the same regiment of artillery. Have you a place you would like to put him in? And if so what is it?
A. LINCOLN.