...t he was the author and projector of that march, and that I simply executed his plans, General Grant has never, in my opinion, thought so or said so. The truth is fully given in an original letter of President Lincoln , which I received at Savannah, Georgia, and have at this instant before me, every word of which is in his own familiar handwriting. It is dated: Washington, D. C., December 26, 1864. * * * ...