To Ulysses S. Grant

“Cypher”                         United States Military Telegraph,
Lieut. General Grant   War Department, Washington D.C.
City Point, Va.              July 12. 1864 11/30 A.M.

Vague rumors have been reaching us for two or three days that Longstreet’s corps is also on its way this vicinity. Look out for it’s absence from your front. A. LINCOLN