Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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To John A. Dix1Jump to section

``Cypher''
Major Gen. Dix Washington, DC.
Fort-Monroe, Va. Nov. 18 1862

Please give me your best opinion, as to the number of the enemy now at Richmond, and also at Petersburg. A. LINCOLN

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[1] ALS, RPB. General Dix telegraphed at 2 P.M., ``My only reliable information . . . comes from a man who has not been here for four weeks. It was then 11,000 on and near the Blackwater . . . at Petersburg, 700; at Richmond, 7,000; between the James and Chickahominy, 7,000; and near White House, 1,500; total, 27,200. This is my latest information. . . . I place little reliance on reports . . . by deserters, stragglers, and negroes. . . . The moment I can get any reliable information as to the force in Richmond and Petersburg I will forward it. . . .'' (OR, I, XVIII, 458-59).

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