Ingalls, Rufus, 1818-1893 to William Pitt Fessenden
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02464.09 Author/Creator: Ingalls, Rufus, 1818-1893 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 18 April 1864 Pagination: 1 p. ; 20.7 x 26.7 cm. Order a Copy
General Ingalls writes to Fessenden, a United States Senator from Maine. Writes, "In my letter of today I probably should not have referred to the President at all, and beg you will excuse me- It is certain that Generals Hooker, Burnside and Meade wished to have me remain in the Qr. Mrs Dept" (referring to Generals Joseph Hooker, Ambrose Everett Burnside, and George Gordon Meade).
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