May 25, 1862
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
to Gen. Rufus Saxton
"If Banks reaches Martinsburg is he any the better for it?" re: Gen. Banks's retreat before Jackson.
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. V 1861 - 1862,
p. 237
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