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To John G. Foster1Jump to section
Fort-Monroe, Va Aug. 15 1863
I think you are right in placing ``little reliance in the report''; still the question is so interesting that I would like to know if the Capt. of the Hudson gave any particulars---how he got his news, and the like. Please answer. A LINCOLN
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[1] ALS, RPB. General Foster telegraphed Lincoln at 6:10 P.M. on August 13: ``The Capt of the Hudson did not give any particulars. The two steamers passed going in opposite directions. . . . The Hudson hailed in passing saying--- `Have you heard the news. Charleston is taken.' The steamers being by this time past each other nothing further was heard. The Hudson disappeared steering southward. . . . The circumstance induces the belief that the news is not reliable. The Hudson was paddle wheel steamer . . . with New York on her stern indicating that as the Port from which she hailed'' (DLC-RTL).