Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 4 [Mar. 5, 1860-Oct. 24, 1861].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 4 [Mar. 5, 1860-Oct. 24, 1861].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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Page 524

To Robert Anderson1Jump to section

Genl. R. Anderson [September 16, 1861]

Louisville, Ky. from Washington

From what you telegraph to-day, I think you better take active command in Kentucky at once. War Department will telegraph you about arms to-morrow. A. LINCOLN

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[1] ALS, owned by Weldon Petz, Detroit, Michigan; copy, DLC-RTL. The original communication is written on a U.S. Military Telegraph blank. Although the original is undated, the copy bears the date September 16, and with the copy there is the copy of Anderson's telegram received on the same date: ``We have received positive information that the Tennesseans are invading Kentucky through the Cumberland Gap. We can get plenty of men if we can obtain arms for them. This is of vital importance. ROBT ANDERSON.''

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