Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 to Quincy A. Gilmore

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GLC#
GLC02798.01-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
October 9, 1861
Author/Creator
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Title
to Quincy A. Gilmore
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
1 p. :
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

On a small card, President Lincoln writes to Captain Gilmore, the chief engineer on the Port Royal Expedition to South Carolina, regarding General Thomas W. Sherman's attack on Port Royal: "I feel great interest in Gen. Sherman's expedition; and therefore prefer to not interfere with the programme." Accompanied by a carte de visite of Lincoln (GLC02798.02).

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