Annotation
[1] ALS, RPB. Lincoln's erroneous date ``1862'' has been corrected on the manuscript in a different handwriting. Rosecrans' dispatch to Halleck on January 5, 1863, reported the Union victory in the Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, as follows: ``We have fought one of the greatest battles of the war, and are victorious. Our entire success on the 31st was prevented by a surprise of the right flank; but have, nevertheless, beaten the enemy, after a three-days' battle. They fled with great precipitancy on Saturday night. The last of their columns of cavalry left this morning. Their loss has been very heavy. Generals [James E.] Rains and [Roger W.] Hanson killed. [James R.] Chalmers, [Daniel W.] Adams, and [John C.] Breckinridge are wounded.'' (OR, I, XX, I, 186).
[2] ``W. S. Rosecrans'' is not in Lincoln's handwriting.