Abraham Lincoln - The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. VI (Chap. 1.182) lyrics

Telegram To J. K. Dubois. Washington, D.C., September 15, 1862. 3 P.M. HON. K. DUBOIS, Springfield, Illinois: I now consider it safe to say that General McClellan has gained a great victory over the great rebel army in Maryland, between Fredericktown and Hagerstown. He is now pursuing the flying foe. A. LINCOLN. [But not very fast—and he did not catch them! D.W.]