To David R. Haggard1Jump to section
Nashville. Tenn. Washington, May 25. 1863.
Your despatch to Green Adams has just been shown me. Gen. Rosecrans knows better than we can know here, who should be in charge of the (5th.) Fifth Cavalry. A. LINCOLN
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[1] ALS, RPB. See Lincoln to Rosecrans, May 20, supra. Haggard's despatch to Green Adams has not been located. The Fifth Kentucky Cavalry was at the time commanded by Lieutenant Colonel William T. Hoblitzell.