The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. VI (Chap. 2.243) lyrics
by Abraham Lincoln
Telegram To General A. E. Burnside.
Washington, September 11, 1863.
MAJOR-GENERAL BURNSIDE, c*mberland Gap:
Yours received. A thousand thanks for the late successes you have given us. We cannot allow you to resign until things shall be a little more settled in East Tennessee. If then, purely on your own account, you wish to resign, we will not further refuse you.
A. LINCOLN