Letter

Bradford R. Wood to William H. Seward, January 20, 1863

[Extracts.]

Mr. Wood to Mr. Seward

No. 98.]

Sir: The President’s proclamation and news of the battle at Murfreesborough reached us by the same mail. These are, I think, the two greatest events of this war, and which is now begun in earnest on the part of the north.

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Depend upon it, that proclamation is the severest blow the confederates have received this side of the Atlantic. I am glad to see that such a force has gone south under Banks.

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I remain, very truly, your obedient servant,

BRADFORD R. WOOD.

Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State.

Sources
FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-eighth View original source ↗
U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-eighth .