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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08090 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Place Written: City Point, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 02 April 1865 Pagination: 1 p. ; 26.7 x 20.9 cm. Order a Copy

Lincoln's last letter to Mary Lincoln, day before the fall of Richmond, Re: dramatic news of the final collapse of the confederate defenses.

Head Quarters Armies of the United States
City. Point, April 2. 7~45[am]1865
Mrs A. Lincoln,
Washington, D.C.

Last night Gen. Grant telegraphed that Sheridan with his Calvary and the 5th Corps have captured three brigades of Infantry, a train of weapons, and several batteries, prisoners amounting to several thousands - This morning Gen. Grant [inserted: having ordered an attack along the whole line] telegraphed as follows
"Both Wright and Parks got through the enemies lines - The battle now rages furiously. Sheridan with his Cavalry, the 5th Corps, & Miles Division of the 2nd Corps, which was sent to him since 1. this A.M. is now sweeping down from the West. All now looks highly favorable. Ord is engaged, but I have not yet heard the result in his front"
Robert yesterday wrote a little [inserted: chaefe] note to Capt. Penrow, which is all I have heard of him since you left. Copy to Secretary of War

A Lincoln

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882

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