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[1] AES, DNA WR RG 153, Judge Advocate General, Letters Received, No. 112. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a copy of a letter from Captain Morgan H. Chrysler of the Thirtieth New York Volunteers to John H. Corey, January 6, 1862, setting forth the extenuating circumstances in the arrest of Captain Miles T. Bliven, who had left his post upon hearing of the illness and death of his child but had believed that a furlough was to be granted. Judge Advocate Lee replied to Lincoln's request on January 22, that in addition to having absented himself without leave Bliven had proved ``not a good officer.'' (DLC-RTL). Bliven was not reinstated, but was later appointed first lieutenant and adjutant of the Thirtieth New York, September 26, 1862, from which post he resigned January 17, 1863. He enrolled as a private in the Second New York Veteran Cavalry, August 8, 1863, and was commissioned first Lieutenant October 24, 1863.