Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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Cite this Item: "Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862]." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln5. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 24, 2024.

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[1] AES, owned by Carl E. Wahlstrom, Worcester, Massachusetts. Lincoln's endorsement is written on an envelope containing a letter from Major John P. Post of the Eighth Illinois Infantry, October 16, 1862, bearing concurring endorsements by Major General John A. McClernand and Brigadier General Benjamin M. Prentiss in favor of First Lieutenant Joseph F. Wilson's appointment as paymaster or assistant commissary. Joseph F. Wilson, a lawyer of Peoria, Illinois, had been seriously wounded at Fort Donelson in such a way as to affect his power of speech. He was appointed captain and commissary of subsistence November 26, 1862.