Telegram from President Abraham Lincoln to General Ulysses Grant
2/1/1865
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On February 1, 1865, President Lincoln sent this telegram to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at City Point, Virginia. It encouraged Grant to continue fighting vigorously. Lincoln was about to meet with a Confederate peace delegation at Fort Monroe, Virginia, but he did not want the ongoing peace negotiations to prevent Grant from conducting offensive operations if the situation warranted.
Transcript
Time _"Cypher"
Office of U.S. Military Telegraph,
War Department,
Washington, D.C., February 1. 1865
Lieut. Genl. Grant
City Point.
Let nothing which is transpiring change, hinder, or delay your military movement, or plans.
A. Lincoln
[in red ink] 312
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320
[circled]
9:30 A.M.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of the Secretary of War.
National Archives Identifier: 595100
Full Citation: Telegram from President Abraham Lincoln to General Ulysses Grant; 2/1/1865; Telegrams Sent and Received By The War Department Central Telegraph Office., 1861 - 1882; Records of the Office of the Secretary of War, Record Group 107; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/telegram-lincoln-grant, March 27, 2023]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.
