Telegram from Abraham Lincoln to Lt. Gen. Ulysses Grant at City Point, Virginia, August 17, 1864

by Abraham Lincoln

Executive Mansion.

"Cypher"

Washington, August 17, 1864.

Lieut. Gen. Grant

City Point, VA

I have seen your dispatch expressing your unwillingness to break your hold where you are. Neither am I willing. Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew & choke, as much as possible.

A.Lincoln