The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. VI (Chap. 2.135) lyrics
by Abraham Lincoln
Response To A "Besieged" General
Telegram To General Tyler.
WAR DEPARTMENT, June 14, 1863.
GENERAL TYLER, Martinsburg:
If you are besieged, how do you despatch me? Why did you not leave before being besieged?
A. LINCOLN.