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 Andrew G. Curtin2Open page

Hon. A. G. Curtin Washington, D.C.,
Harrisburg, Penn Sep. 11. 12.M. 1862.

Please tell me at once, what is your latest news from, or towards Hagerstown, or of the enemies movements in any direction.

A. LINCOLN

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[1] ALS, RPB. Curtin replied at 3:30 P.M., ``Your dispatch of 12 m. reached me at 2 p.m. At 9 o'clock this morning the rebel cavalry occupied Hagerstown. At 12 their pickets were within half a mile of the Pennsylvania line at Greencastle. It is the advance cavalry of Jackson's column . . . From indications the people of Greencastle expect a dash on that place this afternoon. . . .'' (OR, I, XIX, II, 268).