Remarks in Response to a Serenade
07/06/1863
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Say to the gentlemen I will meet them personally at Fortress Monroe as soon as I can get there.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Induced by a dispatch from General Grant, I join you at Fort Monroe as soon as I come.
Be pleased to signify this to the respective Houses of Congress.