Abraham Lincoln — The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. VII Chap. 2.156

Telegram To General U. S. Grant. Washington, D. C., August 14, 1864. 1.30 P.M. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL GRANT, City Point, Va.: The Secretary of War and I concur that you had better confer with General Lee, and stipulate for a mutual discontinuance of house-burning and other destruction of private property. The time and manner of conference and particulars of stipulation we leave, on our part, to your convenience and judgment. A. LINCOLN.