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Telegram To Secretary Stanton. (Cipher.) HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, March 25, 1865. (Received 5 P.M.) HON. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War: I am here within five miles of the scene of this morning's action. I have nothing to add to what General Meade reports except that I have seen the prisoners myself and they look like there might be the number he states—1600. A. LINCOLN