Selected Correspondance of Abraham Lincoln 1863 Telegram To General A. B. Burnside
by Abraham Lincoln
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, July 27, 1863.
MAJOR-GENERAL BURNSIDE, Cincinnati, O.:
Let me explain. In General Grant's first despatch after the fall of
Vicksburg, he said, among other things, he would send the Ninth Corps
to you. Thinking it would be pleasant to you, I asked the Secretary
of War to telegraph you the news. For some reasons never mentioned
to us by General Grant, they have not been sent, though we have seen
outside intimations that they took part in the expedition against
Jackson. General Grant is a copious worker and fighter, but a very
meager writer or telegrapher. No doubt he changed his purpose in
regard to the Ninth Corps for some sufficient reason, but has
forgotten to notify us of it.
