Andrew Johnson actually said...

"I therefore request that you will at once take such measures as will insure its safety, and thus discourage any attempt for its possession by insurgent or other illegal combinations."

"General Ulysses S. Grant having found it inconvenient to assume the duties specified in my letter to you of the 26th instant, you will please relieve him from the same and assign them in all respects ..."

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

"General Grant will make report to the Secretary of War of such matters as, in his discretion, ought to be communicated to the Department."