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Abraham Lincoln: The Gettysburg Telegrams

Abraham Lincoln: The Gettysburg Telegrams

952P EST JUNE 01 63 85RGH
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REASON WE LOST AT CHANCELLORSVILLE BECAUSE GEN HOOKER MORE INTERESTED IN CAMP FOLLOWING PROSTITUTES THAN WINNING STOP NOTHING AGAINST THEM STOP I AM LEAST ILL DISPOSED TOWARD PROSTITUTES PERSON YOU WILL EVER MEET STOP PROSTITUTES LOVE ME STOP AM READING DOCUMENTS TO SOLVE STOP KEEP THE UNION UNITED KUU FULL STOP

1020P EST JUNE 10 63 98YYD
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SAY BEARDED BOBBY LEE BRINGING REBEL TROOPS NORTH TO INVADE STOP HUGE MISTAKE STOP MENDACIOUS NEWSPAPERS SAYING MY LEADERSHIP FLAWED STOP COUNTERFEIT NEWS STORIES ARE BUNKUM STOP I KNOW MORE ABOUT WARCRAFT THAN ALL GENERALS STOP ONLY I CAN KEEP UNION UNITED KUU FULL STOP

945 P EST JUNE 26 63 24LP
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AM REPLACING BAD GEN HOOKER WITH TREMENDOUS MAJ GEN GEORGE GORDON MEADE STOP MEADE SAYS I AM MOST BRILLIANT WAR GENERAL PRESIDENT SINCE GEO WASHINGTON STOP CSA DOOMED STOP UNHAPPY FULL STOP

1023P EST JUNE 29 63 14NB
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MEADE PURSUING BEARDED BOBBY LEE ARMY INTO S PENNSYLVANIA STOP THIS IS MY IDEA STOP A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT AWARE THAT I AM COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF UNION ARMY SO ONLY I CAN KEEP UNION UNITED KUU KUU KUU FULL STOP

904 P EST JULY 1 63 98WR
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR BRAVE TROOPS SECURING CEMETERY RIDGE IN GETTYSBURG AND WARMEST CONDOLENCES TO ALL WHO DIED STOP LYING NEWSPAPERS BLAME REBEL GEN RICHARD EWELL FOR NOT PRESSING ADVANTAGE AT CEMETERY HILL INSTEAD OF PRAISING ME FOR NOT FIRING WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK WHO IS OBEYING MY ORDER TO WIN STOP MENDACIOUS REPORTING OF FRAUDULENT NEWS STOP VERY UNFAIR TO ME KUU KUU FULL STOP

1022 P EST JULY 2 63 39UT
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PEOPLE ARE BECOMING MORE AWARE OF THE MINNESOTA REGIMENT WHO HELD LITTLE ROUND TOP DOING AN AMAZING JOB STOP CSA ARMY A BUNCH OF DRUG DEALERS AND RAPISTS AND JEFFERSON DAVIS A BIG LOSER WHO CANNOT PREVENT US FROM KEEPING THE UNION UNITED EVEN THOUGH DISHONEST DEMOCRATS ARE HATERS AND WANT US TO LOSE STOP BAD FULL STOP

924 P EST JULY 3 63 22NB
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NOT SURPRISED BEARDED BOBBY LEES ATTACK ON CEMETERY RIDGE FAILED AND PICKETTS CHARGE A SIZEABLE NOTHINGBURGER STOP EXPECT REBEL LOSERS TO WITHDRAW STOP NOT AFRAID TO SAY GOOD RIDDANCE EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT STOP MASSIVE CASUALTIES ON BOTH SIDES VERY SAD STOP IT WAS MY IDEA TO COMMAND UNION ARMY TO WIN BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG STOP THANKS TO GEN MEADE WHO IS A GREAT GUY WHO LIKES ME AND HAS THANKED ME FOR GIVING HIM CHANCE TO SERVE FULL STOP

1002 P EST JULY 4 63 64WW
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HEARING GOOD THINGS ABOUT GEN GRANT AND WINNING AT VICKSBURG STOP MY IDEA TO NOT FIRE HIM STOP YES HE DRINKS BUT IS GOOD GUY STOP MANY PEOPLE TELLING ME THEY ARE TIRED OF WINNING STOP TOO BAD BECAUSE WE ARE KEEPING THE UNION UNITED KUU FULL STOP

954 P EST NOV 20 63 36TN
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PEOPLE ARE RAVING ABOUT MY SPEECH AT GETTYSBURG YESTERDAY STOP CALLING IT THE GREATEST SPEECH ANYONE HAS EVER GIVEN ANYWHERE ABOUT ANYTHING STOP BETTER THAN ROMAN ORATORS OR SHAKESPEARE STOP BETTER THAN EDWARD EVERETTS TWO HOUR SPEECH AND HE WAS PRESIDENT OF HARVARD STOP I WROTE IT MYSELF ON BACK OF ENVELOPE IN TEN MINUTES EN ROUTE TO BATTLEFIELD AND WILLIAM H SEWARD HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT ELLIPSIS

1002 P EST NOV 20 63 36TO
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SAME REASON PEOPLE LOVED EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION BECAUSE I AM VERY SMART AND A GOOD WRITER AND PUBLIC SPEAKER STOP EVERYONE IS ASKING ME TO WRITE MORE SPEECHES BUT I SAY NO STOP HAVE TO PREPARE TO NEGOTIATE TERMS OF SURRENDER OF LOSER CSA WHEN THEY FINALLY GIVE UP SO USA GETS VERY VERY GOOD DEAL STOP THANKS TO ALL OUR WONDERFUL SOLDIERS HELPING ME KEEP THE UNION UNITED EVEN THOUGH THE MENDACIOUS PREVARICATING NEWSPAPERS PRINT COUNTERFEIT NEWS BECAUSE THEY HATE ME KUU KUU FULL STOP