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William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 2, chapter 25 (search)
the late President, Abraham Lincoln, on the 3d of March, by my telegraph of that date, addressed to you, express substantially the views of President Andrew Johnson, and will be observed by General Sherman. A copy is herewith appended. The President desires that you proceed immediately to the headquarters of Major-General Sherman, and direct operations against the enemy. Yours truly, Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War. The following telegram was received 2 P. M., City Point, March 4, 1865 (from Washington, 12 M., March 3, 1865): [cipher.] office United States military telegraph, headquarters armies of the United States. Lieutenant--General Grant: The President directs me to say to you that he wishes you to have no conference with General Lee, unless it be for the capitulation of Lee's army or on solely minor and purely military matters. He instructs me to say that you are not to decide, discuss, or confer upon any political question; such questions the Presid