Reporters at the scene said that Abraham Lincoln had tried to reach Grant's headquarters "by scrambling through a hedgerow and coming in the back way alone."
There, he was confronted by "the sentinel stationed at the south gate of the enclosure [who] challenged the Chief Magistrate, ... disputing the President's further progress.
"A captain upon [Grant's] staff passing, and recognized the stranger, set the matter right, and conducted the President to the Lieutenant General's tent."
I can hear it now, "Halt, who goes there?" "Your President Abe." But, you'd think that by this late date the sentry might have recognized the man. Wonder if he leveled his rifle?
Just Doing His Job, That Sentry. --Old B-Runner
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