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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00790 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | Abraham Lincoln to Rufus Saxton regarding General Banks's retreat before Jackson |
| Date | 25 May 1862 |
| Author | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Recipient | Saxton, Rufus |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Government document |
| Content Description | "If Banks reaches Martinsburg is he any the better for it?" re: Gen. Banks's retreat before Jackson. Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. V 1861 - 1862, p. 237 |
| Subjects | President Union Forces Union General Military History Civil War |
| People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Saxton, Rufus (1824-1908) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Notes: Not in Basler but compare related ALS to General Saxton of May 24, 5:234. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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