To Joseph G. Totten1Jump to section
Gen. Totten. Executive Mansion June 27th 1861.
Dear Sir: I have appointed the following persons as cadets ``at large'' to the Military Academy at West Point, to fill existing vacancies:
Charles Henry Breckenridge2Jump to section Ky.
J. Hollins McBlair3Jump to section N.J.
Cyrus M. Allen Jr4Jump to section Vincennes, Ind.
William H. Redwood Junr.5Jump to section Washington D. C.
Your obt Servt.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Annotation
[1] LS, DNA WR RG 94, U.S. Military Academy, 1861, No. 67, Box 77.
[2] Cadet, September 1, 1861---June 23, 1865.
[3] John Hollins McBlair, Jr., was commissioned first lieutenant in the new Fifteenth Infantry of the Regular Army and did not attend West Point.
[4] Cadet, September 1, 1861---June 23, 1865.
[5] No record of appointment.