Andrew Johnson actually said...

I accordingly desire you to call General Grant's attention to the subject, leaving to his own discretion and judgment the measures of prepar...

I therefore request that you will at once take such measures as will insure its safety, and thus discourage any attempt for its possession b...

General Ulysses S. Grant having found it inconvenient to assume the duties specified in my letter to you of the 26th instant, you will pleas...

The Lieutenant-General will proceed to the execution of his duties without delay.