Selected Correspondance of Abraham Lincoln 1863 Letter To General H. W. Halleck
by Abraham Lincoln
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON,
September 13, 1863.
MAJOR-GENERAL HALLECK:
If I did not misunderstand General Meade's last despatch, he posts
you on facts as well as he can, and desires your views and those of
the Government as to what he shall do. My opinion is that he should
move upon Lee at once in manner of general attack, leaving to
developments whether he will make it a real attack. I think this
would develop Lee's real condition and purposes better than the
cavalry alone can do. Of course my opinion is not to control you and
General Meade.
