The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. VI (Chap. 2.90) lyrics
by Abraham Lincoln
Telegram To General Butterfield.
[Cipher.]
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON CITY, May 11, 1863.
MAJOR-GENERAL BUTTERFIELD:
About what distance is it from the observatory we stopped at last Thursday to the line of enemies' works you ranged the glass upon for me?
A. LINCOLN.