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On
April 4-7, 1865, President Lincoln visited the Union army front at
Richmond and City Point, Virginia. Realizing the end was near, Lincoln issued a final order to General Grant: Lieut. Gen. Grant, Gen. Sheridan says "if the thing is pressed I think that Lee will surrender." Let the thing be pressed. A. Lincoln Ulysses S. Grant later authenticated the letter by writing below Lincoln's signature: "The original dispatch by Mr. Lincoln to me, Apr. 7th 1865." |
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Letter
from Abraham Lincoln to General Ulysses S. Grant,
April 7, 1865 Click image to enlarge. Copyright 2002 The Chicago Historical Society |
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