Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 7 [Nov. 5, 1863-Sept. 12, 1864].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 7 [Nov. 5, 1863-Sept. 12, 1864].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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To Norton P. Chipman1Jump to section

United States Military Telegraph,
Col. Chipman War Department,
Harper's Ferry, Va. August 21. 3 P.M. 1864

What news now? A. LINCOLN

Annotation

[1] ALS, DNA WR RG 107, Presidential Telegrams, I 138. Colonel Norton P. Chipman replied at 4:30 P.M.: ``Without myself having been to the front, from the best sources of information the following is true: Two rebel divisions came down the Martinsburg road; attacked suddenly a part of Sixth Corps . . . and at first drove them. Our troops rallied and in turn drove the enemy. The force engaged increased on both sides and was apparently kept up pretty hotly for three hours, not extending, however, to general engagement. Artillery firing still continues and seems to have shifted to the left of Charlestown. Cannot hear the musketry at this writing. Will have messenger from the front soon.'' (OR, I, XLIII, I, 870).

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