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[1] Thirty-seventh Congress, Second Session, Senate Executive Document No. 72, p.546. Lincoln's endorsement is on a letter from Governor Richard Yates to Stanton, March 1, 1862, requesting ``seven batteries of 12-pounder calibre James
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[1] Thirty-seventh Congress, Second Session, Senate Executive Document No. 72, p.546. Lincoln's endorsement is on a letter from Governor Richard Yates to Stanton, March 1, 1862, requesting ``seven batteries of 12-pounder calibre James
rifled guns. . . complete and ready for field service, together with. . . ammunition. . . .'' Following Lincoln's endorsement Stanton wrote, ``The within application has been considered by the War Department, and cannot be complied with at present without detriment to the service.''