Note from Pres. Lincoln Found

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 3:45 pm

Archivist finds Lincoln's handwritten note from 1863

Associated Press - June 7, 2007 12:54 PM ET

WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Archives today unveiled a note handwritten by Abraham Lincoln that urged his generals to pursue Robert E-Lee's army after the battle of Gettysburg.

The notes underscores 1 of the great missed opportunities for an early end to the Civil War.

A Civil War specialist discovered the note from July Seventh of 1863 in a batch of military papers stored among the billions of pages of historical documents at the mammoth archives building in Washington.

The text of Lincoln's note has been publicly known because the general to whom Lincoln addressed it telegraphed the contents verbatim to the front lines at Gettysburg. There, the Union army's leaders failed for more than a week to aggressively pursue Lee.

A week after Lincoln's note, the Confederate army slipped into Virginia and the war continued for two more years.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:58 pm

Where did he find it ?

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 5:55 pm

Nomad;633352 wrote: Where did he find it ?

A Civil War specialist discovered the note from July Seventh of 1863 in a batch of military papers stored among the billions of pages of historical documents at the mammoth archives building in Washington

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 5:59 pm

It could have been in the thousands of boxes of stuff they have there. That is what is so fun about doing research there......................

I get to go in 2 weeks.........................

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:18 pm

Cool, Chonsi! Can anyone look through that stuff? Is it available to the public?

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:22 pm

Oh yes, it is open to the Public. You have to be 16 or older, or have an assignment from a teacher to research. Lots of people go, it is always interesting to see what other records are pulled up. The majority of documents I used for my dissertation came from the Archives, and I go there every summer for a day or two for new stuff to write about.

On the front page is some more details about the Lincoln document.

http://www.archives.gov/index.html

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:24 pm

Thanks for that link, Chonsi.

I think that's really neat about the archives. I hope you have a great time while you're there!

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 3:50 pm

chonsigirl;633449 wrote: It could have been in the thousands of boxes of stuff they have there. That is what is so fun about doing research there......................

I get to go in 2 weeks.........................

What will your objective be ? American Indians ?

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 4:11 pm

Yes, I am looking up some sources for an article I am writing on Native Americans.