Abraham Lincoln - The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. V (Chap. 5.41) lyrics

Instruction To Secretary Stanton Executive Mansion, April 3, 1862 The Secretary of War will order that one or the other of the corps of General McDowell and General Sumner remain in front of Washington until further orders from the department, to operate at or in the direction of Mana**as Junction, or otherwise, as occasion may require; that the other Corps not so ordered to remain go forward to General McClellan as speedily as possible; that General McClellan commence his forward movements from his new base at once, and that such incidental modifications as the foregoing may render proper be also made. A. LINCOLN.