Lieutenant-General GRANT,
City Point, Va.:
Say to the gentlemen I will meet them personally at Fortress Monroe as soon as I can get there.
A. LINCOLN.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, D.C., February 2, 1865.
(Sent at 9 a.m.)
Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD,
Fortress Monroe, Va.:
Induced by a dispatch from General Grant, I join you at Fort Monroe as soon as I can come.
A. LINCOLN.
Before starting, the following dispatch was shown me. I proceeded, nevertheless.
OFFICE UNITED STATES MILITARY TELEGRAPH,
War Department.
The following telegram received at Washington February 2, 1865, from City Point, Va., 9 a.m., February 2, 1865: