| Thursday, March 17, 1864.Washington, DC.
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Lincoln requests Gen. Butler to telegraph, if "you obtain the remains
of Col. Dahlgren."
Abraham Lincoln to Benjamin F. Butler, 17 March 1864, CW, 7:251.
Writes Cong. Creswell (Md.): "It needs not be a secret, that I wish
success to emancipation in Maryland. It would aid much to end the
rebellion."
Abraham Lincoln to John A. J. Creswell, 17 March 1864, CW, 7:251. |