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- GLC#
- GLC08850
- Type
- Broadsides, posters & signs
- Date
- 9 April 1862
- Author/Creator
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Title
- [Printed letter to General George B. McClellan]
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 22.8 cm, Width: 18.5 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Discusses the defense of Washington and Manassas Junction and a discrepancy with the number of troops under McClellan. Urges McClellan to strike soon, "By delay, the enemy will readily gain on you ... and once more let me tell you, it is indispensable to you that you strike a blow." Ends by instructing McClellan, "You must act." With provenance note on back.
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