The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. VI (Chap. 2.53) lyrics
by Abraham Lincoln
Telegram To General Rosecrans.
Executive Mansion, Washington, March 25, 1863.
MAJOR-GENERAL ROSECRANS, Murfreesborough, Tenn.:
Your dispatches about General Davis and General Mitchell are received. General Davis' case is not particular, being simply one of a great many recommended and not nominated because they would transcend the number allowed by law. General Mitchell (was) nominated and rejected by the Senate and I do not think it proper for me to renominate him without a change of circ*mstances such as the performance of additional service, or an expressed change of purpose on the part of at least some senators who opposed him.
A. LINCOLN.