Telegram To Officer In Command At Chattanooga. Executive Mansion,


WASHINGTON, December 16, 1864

OFFICER IN COMMAND At Chattanooga, Tenn.:

It is said that Harry Walters, a private in the Anderson cavalry, is now and for a long time has been in prison at Chattanooga. Please report to me what is his condition, and for what he is imprisoned.

A. LINCOLN.