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Title: Life and works of Abraham Lincoln
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Miller, Marion Mills, 1864-1949, ed Whitney, Henry Clay, 1831-1905. Lincoln the citizen
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Publisher: New York : Lincoln Centenary Association
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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the only importantState, voting in October, whose soldiers cannotvote in the field. Anything you can safely doto let her soldiers, or any part of them, go homeand vote at the State election will be greatly inpoint. They need not remain for the Presiden-tial election, but may return to you at once.This is in no sense an order, but is merely intendedto impress you with the importance, to the armyitself, of your doing all you safely can, yourselfbeing the judge of what you can safely do. Yours truly, A. Lincoln. (Telegram.) Washington, D. C, September 27, 1864.Major-General Sherman, Atlanta, Georgia: You say Jefferson Davis is on a visit to Hood.I judge that Brown and Stephens are the objectsof his visit. A. Lincoln. Executive Mansion,Washington, December 26, 1864.My dear General Sherman: Many, manythanks for your Christmas gift, the capture ofSavannah. When you were about leaving Atlanta for theAtlantic coast, I was anxious, if not fearful; butfeeling that you were the better judge, and
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GEN. WILLIAM T. SHERMAN SHIELDS, JAMES 147 remembering that nothing risked, nothinggained, I did not interfere. Now, the under-taking being a success, the honor is all yours;for I believe none of us went further than toacquiesce. And taking the work of General Thomas intothe count, as it should be taken, it is indeed agreat success. Not only does it afford the obviousand immediate military advantages; but in show-ing to the world that your army could be divided,putting the stronger part to an important newservice, and yet leaving enough to vanquish theold opposing force of the whole,—Hoods army,—it brings those who sat in darkness to see a greatHght, But what next? I suppose it will be safe if I leave GeneralGrant and yourself to decide. Please make my grateful acknowledgments toyour whole army—officers and men. Yours very truly, A. Lincoln. Shields, James. Lost Townships, August 2y, 1842.Dear Mr. Printer: I see you printed that longletter I sent you a spell ago. Im quite encour

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