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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.