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 June 3, 2024.

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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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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.''

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