Sunday, April 6, 1862.Washington, DC.
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In evening Comdr. Dahlgren at White House reviews with Lincoln
progress of Army of Potomac.
Sec. Stanton
drops in, makes few
slighting remarks, tells President there is no change below. Lincoln
refers to his telegram sent Gen. McClellan at 8 P.M.: "I think you
better break the enemies' line from York-town to Warwick River, at
once."
Extracts from Dahlgren Diary, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Abraham Lincoln to George B. McClellan, 6 April 1862, CW, 5:182. |