Note 517 — VIII. THE RETIREMENT OF GENERAL PIKE
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Footnote 517:
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Nominally, Ross was yet a prisoner, although, as a matter of fact, he had started upon a mission to Washington, his desire being to confer with President Lincoln in person regarding the condition of the Cherokees [Blunt to Lincoln, August 13, 1862, ibid., 565-566].