Letter to William H. Herndon
03/05/1864
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He thought this measure was a very fitting if not an indispensable adjunct to the winding up of the great difficulty.
It winds the whole thing up.
In his own view, however, the two Houses of Congress, convened under the twelfth article of the Constitution, have compl...
Induced by a dispatch from General Grant, I join you at Fort Monroe as soon as I come.