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LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Autograph note signed (“A. Lincoln”) as President to Major General Daniel Butterfield, Washington, 11 May 1863.
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LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Autograph note signed (“A. Lincoln”) as President to Major General Daniel Butterfield, Washington, 11 May 1863.
One page, 80 x 189mm.
Following a federal loss at Chancellorsville, Lincoln requests additional details regarding his personal visit to Fredericksburg. In the wake of yet another failed Union effort to dislodge Confederate forces from Fredericksburg, Virginia, Lincoln travelled by railroad to Falmouth, on the northern side of the Rapidan River to observe the enemy's lines. Following his return to Washington, he asks Butterfield, who had assisted the President on his inspection tour: “About what distance is it from the observatory we stopped at last Thursday, to the line of enemies works you ranged the glass upon for me?” To this Butterfield replied the same day, "About two miles in a direct line" (Basler).
One page, 80 x 189mm.
Following a federal loss at Chancellorsville, Lincoln requests additional details regarding his personal visit to Fredericksburg. In the wake of yet another failed Union effort to dislodge Confederate forces from Fredericksburg, Virginia, Lincoln travelled by railroad to Falmouth, on the northern side of the Rapidan River to observe the enemy's lines. Following his return to Washington, he asks Butterfield, who had assisted the President on his inspection tour: “About what distance is it from the observatory we stopped at last Thursday, to the line of enemies works you ranged the glass upon for me?” To this Butterfield replied the same day, "About two miles in a direct line" (Basler).