Friday, July 12, 1861.Washington, DC.
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At 4 A.M. Col. Daniel Butterfield hands Lincoln telegram announcing
victory of Union Army at Rich Mountain in "Western Virginia."
Emanuel Hertz, ed., Lincoln Talks: A Biography in Anecdote (New York: Viking Press, 1939), 377.
[President's account charged $5.00 for two "fine flank netts."
Lutz Account Book.]
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