The life of Abraham Lincoln, drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters, and telegrams hitherto unpublished . partially destroyed and the approaches on other side areof soft bottom land. We cannot advance to-morrow in the samemanner we have to-day. As soon as I get my troops up a little,we are considerably mixed, I might push a column down the roadand deploy it but it is evident that I cannot follow rapidly duringthe night. A. A. Humphreys, Lincoln. Head Quarters Armies of the United States,City Point, April 7, 11 a. m., 1865. Lieutenant-General Grant :
The life of Abraham Lincoln, drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters, and telegrams hitherto unpublished . partially destroyed and the approaches on other side areof soft bottom land. We cannot advance to-morrow in the samemanner we have to-day. As soon as I get my troops up a little,we are considerably mixed, I might push a column down the roadand deploy it but it is evident that I cannot follow rapidly duringthe night. A. A. Humphreys, Lincoln. Head Quarters Armies of the United States,City Point, April 7, 11 a. m., 1865. Lieutenant-General Grant : Gen. Sheridan says If the thing is pressed I think that Lee willsurrender. Let the thing be pressed. A. Lincoln. (Original owned by C. F. Gunther of Chicago, 111.) Executive Mansion,Washington, April 11, 1865. Brig. Gen. G. H. Gordon, Norfolk, Va.: Send to me at once a full statement as to the cause or causesfor which, and by authority of what tribunal, George W. Lane,Charles Whitlock, Ezra Baker, J. M. Benshaw, and others arerestrained of their liberty. Do this promptly and fully. A. Lincoln. v 1> c ^0^ <5 -. *o *°V :. \ o V<0* •&v : v ^0* ,4 9, ^ v •?? ^ v.* 0- ^ aV -J^ , . 0 y 0 0 lV^ **
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