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Note from Abraham Lincoln to Henry Halleck
- Creator:
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Collection:
- Lincoln Signed Documents
- Location:
- [Washington, D.C.]
- Date of Original:
- 1863
- Description:
- Handwritten note on fragment of paper, 11 x 22 cm. Lincoln writes: 'My dear Sir: What think you of forming a reserve cavalry corps of, say 6000, for the Army of Potomac? Might not such a corps be constituted from the cavalry of Sigel's and Slocum's corps, with scraps we could pick up here and there? Yours truly, A. Lincoln.'
- Transcription:
Major General Halleck My dear Sir: What think you of forming a reserve cavalry corps of say 6000, for the Army of the Po= tomac? Might not such a corps be constituted from the Cavalry of Sigel’s and Slocum’s corps, with scraps we could pick up here and there? Yours truly A. Lincoln
- Subject:
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Correspondence; Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872--Correspondence
- Category:
- Manuscripts & Documents
- Format of Original:
- Manuscript
- Item ID:
- 71200908300004
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Digital File ID:
- 71200908300004.tif
- Available for Viewing:
- By appointment only
