Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862].
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Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862].
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
1953.
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"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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Order Disapproving Death Sentence of Jose Maria Rivas1Jump to section
October 25, 1862.
Waiving the question of jurisdiction in the case, the sentence is not approved, because the accused is not shown to have been within our lines in disguise, or by false pretense, except by hearsay testimony; and because in his admission that he was a ``Spy,'' he may not have understood the technical term, and may have meant no more than that he was a scout of the enemy. He clearly is a prisoner of war. A. LINCOLN.
Annotation
[1] AGO General Orders No. 174; OR, II, IV, 669. Jose Maria Rivas was sentenced by a military commission in Sante Fe, New Mexico, on charges of acting as a spy.