Letter to William H. Herndon
03/05/1864
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That the heads of Departments, and especially the Secretaries of War and of the Navy, with all their subordinates, and the General in Chief,...
Ordered, That the 22d day of February, 1862, be the day for a general movement of the land and naval forces of the United States against the...
It seems to be my duty now to solicit an early action of the Senate upon the subject.
I recommend the appropriation of the amount of the award of the referee.