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**4V50 Gary** · November 17, 2012, 03:05 PM

Lincoln may not have micromanaged the war, but he had fingerspitzengefuhl. He went to the War Department (the next door to the White House) and read everyone's telegrams. That's how he knew that Grant was tenacious and fought.

November 17, 2012, 03:05 PM	#100
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 21,832	Lincoln may not have micromanaged the war, but he had fingerspitzengefuhl. He went to the War Department (the next door to the White House) and read everyone's telegrams. That's how he knew that Grant was tenacious and fought. __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*