The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. VII (Chap. 2.156) lyrics
by Abraham Lincoln
Telegram To General U. S. Grant.
Washington, D. C., August 14, 1864. 1.30 P.M.
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL GRANT, City Point, Va.:
The Secretary of War and I concur that you had better confer with General Lee, and stipulate for a mutual discontinuance of house-burning and other destruction of private property. The time and manner of conference and particulars of stipulation we leave, on our part, to your convenience and judgment.
A. LINCOLN.