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Identifier: abrahamlincolnba01newy (find matches)
Title: Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War
Year: 1886 (1880s)
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Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Generals Generals
Publisher: (New York, N.Y.) : (The Century Co.)
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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ed all orders ofhis superior in rank with more unquestioningalacrity. He was one man as a soldier, an-other as a politician. The navy, under Porter, was all it could beduring the entire campaign. Without its assist-ance the campaign could not have been suc-cessfully made with twice the number of menengaged. It could not have been made at all,in the way it was, with any number of menwithout such assistance. The most perfectharmony reigned between the two arms ofthe service. There ne\er was a request made,that I am aware of, either of the flag-officer orany of his subordinates, that was not promptlycomplied with. The campaign of Vicksburg was suggestedand developed by circumstances ; and it nowlooks as though Providence had directed itscourse, while the Army of the Tennessee exe-cuted the decree. U. S. Grant.
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FAC-SIMILE OK THE ORIGINAL UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDKR DISPATCH. Ib Tke Cekti-fv for December, 1884, was printed a fac-of a cojry ij( the taiuju* Unconditional SurrenderThat Cipy wa» written by General Grant for rcproduc- the magazine, and bore the additional words, copied by •DC October a^ liS^. — L. S. G., *o that it ini)(ht not be ini&-ukca far the oritcinal, which was supposed to Ijc Io»l But thepaWcadoa of the copy called out information of the oriK>nal,wiiicb m Cfwned by the publithers of the Memoirs. lheyoboined it from S>t James K. Wallace, of Litchfield, Conn., whoreceired it November 28, tifji, from his relative by marriage. General John A. Rawlins, who, as chief of staff to GeneralGrant, had the custody, after the capture, of General Buck-ners papers. General Rawlins told Dr. Wallace that he wasreceiving the original dispatch, and advised him to take goodcare of it, as it might become valuable. The above is anexact reproduction of the original dispatch in every

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