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].
Author
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 13, 2024.
Judge Advocate Executive Mansion
My dear Sir: Dec. 21. 1861
A lady is here saying she is the wife of Capt. or Lieut. Robert Hunter, lately cashiered from the regular Army by a court martial. If you have a transcript of the record, I will thank you to send it to me, to be returned in due time. Yours truly A. LINCOLN
Annotation
[1] ALS, DNA WR RG 153, Judge Advocate General, Letters Received, No. 102. First Lieutenant Robert F. Hunter was cashiered for drunkenness on duty, November 19, 1861. There is no record of his return to service.