Friday, June 08, 2007

Original Lincoln document found

Original Lincoln document found (AP)

Trevor Plante, a specialist in Civil War records at the National Archives, stands over the original hand written note by President Abraham Lincoln, dated July 7, 1863, addressed to Maj. Gen. Henry Halleck during the Civil War, as it is displayed for the first time at the National Archives in Washington, Thursday, June 7, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - The National Archives has unveiled a handwritten note by Abraham Lincoln exhorting his generals to pursue Robert E. Lee's army after the battle of Gettysburg, underscoring one of the great missed opportunities for an early end to the Civil War.


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