EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, MAY 11, 1863
HON. SECRETARY OF WAR.
DEAR SIR:—I have again concluded to relieve General Curtis. I see no other way to avoid the worst consequences there. I think of General Schofield as his successor, but I do not wish to take the matter of a successor out of the hands of yourself and General Halleck.
Yours truly,
A. LINCOLN. [ [!-- H2 anchor --] ]
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX.
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON CITY, May 11, 1863.
MAJOR-GENERAL DIX:
Do the Richmond papers have anything about Grand Gulf or Vicksburg?
A. LINCOLN. [ [!-- H2 anchor --] ]