10/18/1864
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"It displays a perfection of workmanship which I really wish I had time to acknowledge in more fitting words."
"Leave such force at Manassas Junction as shall make it entirely certain that the enemy shall not repossess himself of that position and line of communication."
"With this idea, gentlemen, I must leave you for my business duties."
"In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, requesting 'a copy of any correspondence on the records or files of the Department of State in regard to railway systems in Europe,..."