Was William Gruvier, Company A, Forty-sixth, Pennsylvania, one of the men executed as a deserter last Friday?
A. LINCOLN. [ [!-- H2 anchor --] ]
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER.
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C., June 27, 1863. 8A.M.
MAJOR-GENERAL HOOKER:
It did not come from the newspapers, nor did I believe it, but I wished to be entirely sure it was a falsehood.
A. LINCOLN. [ [!-- H2 anchor --] ]
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BURNSIDE.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, June 28, 1863.
MAJOR-GENERAL BURNSIDE, Cincinnati, O.: