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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[1] AGO General Orders No. 170; OR, II, IV, 662. Sely Lewis was found guilty by a military commission in Memphis, Tennessee, July 28, 1862, on charges of smuggling goods through the lines and violation of the fifty-seventh Article of War. The commission further expressed conviction that Lewis was a spy and recommended that he be hanged.