Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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To William H. Seward1Jump to section

Hon. W. H. Seward Washington, D.C.,
Auburn, N.Y. Nov. 1 1863

No important news. Details to Hooker's night fight do great credit to his commanand [sic], and particularly to the 11th. Corps, and Geary's part of the 12th. No discredit on any. A. LINCOLN

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[1] ALS, RPB. On October 28-29, at Wauhatchie, Tennessee, ``about 12. p.m. rebels fell upon Geary, seeking to crush and capture him before succor could be brought up. The moonlight was almost as bright as day . . . and Geary . . . got timely warning. Howard, marching to the relief of Geary, was heavily struck . . . but his corps behaved splendidly. . . . The enemy was successfully repulsed, and withdrew at 4 a.m. . . .'' (Charles A. Dana to Stanton, October 29, OR, I, XXXI, I, 72-73). General John W. Geary commanded the Second Division of the Twelfth Corps, General Oliver O. Howard, the Eleventh Corps.

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