Part 84

Respectfully,

FRANK P. BLAIR,

Major-General, United States Volunteers.

JANUARY 12, 1864.

Accepted, by order of the President.

EDWIN M. STANTON,

Secretary of War.

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, January 12, 1864.

Major-General FRANCIS P. BLAIR,

U.S. Volunteers.

(Care of Hon. M. Blair, Washington, D.C.)

SIR: Your resignation has been accepted by the President of the United States, to take effect this day.

I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAS. A. HARDIE,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

EXECUTIVE MANSION,

Washington, D.C., March 15, 1864.

Lieutenant-General GRANT,

Nashville, Tenn.:

General McPherson having been assigned to the command of a department, could not General Frank Blair, without difficulty or detriment to the service, be assigned to command the corps he commanded a while last autumn?

A. LINCOLN.

NASHVILLE, TENN., March 16, 1864--10 a.m.

His Excellency the PRESIDENT:

General Logan commands the corps referred to in your dispatch. I will see General Sherman in a few days and consult him about the transfer, and answer.

U.S. GRANT,

Lieutenant-General.

NASHVILLE, TENN., March 17, 1864.