Letter

William H. Seward to Charles Francis Adams, July 15, 1863

[By telegraph.]

Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams.

Sir: Port Hudson unconditionally surrendered on the 9th of July. Bragg is reported to be retreating from Chattanooga. Lee is retiring from the Potomac. The movement at Charleston has begun favorably.

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

Charles Francis Adams, Esq., &c., &c., &c.

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 .