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Lincoln-to-Halleck-7-July-1863
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July 7, 1863, three days after the Battle of Gettysburg and the fall of Vicksburg, President Abraham Lincoln penned this note to his General-in-Chief Henry Halleck expressing his belief that if Gen. George Meade could follow up his recent victory in Pennsylvania by defeating Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's army the Civil War would be over. Records of the Adjutant General's Office, National Archives. http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2007/nr07-108.html
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