The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. VII (Chap. 2.51) lyrics
by Abraham Lincoln
Telegram To General U. S. Grant.
(Private.)
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, March 15, 1864
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL GRANT, Nashville, Tenn.:
General McPherson having been assigned to the command of a department, could not General Frank Blair, without difficulty or detriment to the service, be assigned to command the Corps he commanded a while last autumn?
A. LINCOLN.