Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 4 [Mar. 5, 1860-Oct. 24, 1861].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 4 [Mar. 5, 1860-Oct. 24, 1861].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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[1] AES, IHi. Lincoln's endorsement appears on a letter of Brigadier General Eleazar A. Paine to Lorenzo Thomas, Paducah, Kentucky, September 12, 1861, asking the following appointments to his staff:

``Leonard Swett, Asst. Adjt. Genl. Richard E. Davis Brigade Commissary Algernon S. Baxter Brigade Qr. Master Ephraim Gilmore Aid, Captain Phelps Paine aid, 1st Lieut.''

Swett was appointed on November 16, but the appointment was cancelled. Davis and Baxter were appointed on November 23. No record of the appointment of Gilmore has been found. Phelps Paine was appointed lieutenant and assistant adjutant general of Volunteers as of October 23, 1861.