Lincoln-to-Halleck-7-July-1863

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    • We have certain information that Vicksburg surrendered to General Grant on the 4th of July. Now, if Gen. Meade can complete his work so gloriously prosecuted thus far, by the litteral(sic) or substantial destruction of Lee's army, the rebellion will be over.
    • Major Genl Halleck
    • A. Lincoln
    • July 7, 1863

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July 7, 1863, three days after the Battle of Gettysburg and the fall of Vicksburg, President Abraham Lincoln penned this note to his General-in-Chief Henry Halleck expressing his belief that if Gen. George Meade could follow up his recent victory in Pennsylvania by defeating Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's army the Civil War would be over. Records of the Adjutant General's Office, National Archives. http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2007/nr07-108.html

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July 7, 1863, three days after the Battle of Gettysburg and the fall of Vicksburg, President Abraham Lincoln penned this note to his General-in-Chief Henry Halleck expressing his belief that if Gen. George Meade could follow up his recent victory in Pennsylvania by defeating Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's army the Civil War would be over. Records of the Adjutant General's Office, National Archives. http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2007/nr07-108.html
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