Abraham Lincoln — The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. VI Chap. 2.243

Telegram To General A. E. Burnside. Washington, September 11, 1863. MAJOR-GENERAL BURNSIDE, Cumberland Gap: Yours received. A thousand thanks for the late successes you have given us. We cannot allow you to resign until things shall be a little more settled in East Tennessee. If then, purely on your own account, you wish to resign, we will not further refuse you. A. LINCOLN