Annotation
[1] ALS, DNA WR RG 107, Presidential Telegrams, I, 65. Governor Brough telegraphed Stanton on May 24: ``Have you anything cheering or consoling that you can give me, either confidentially or publicly, as to the position of army affairs? Are thing working smoothly. . . . ? Do you still retain your perfect confidence in the result?'' (OR, III, IV, 405).
[2] Grant to Halleck, 11 P.M., May 23, OR, I, XXXVI, III, 113-14.