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 24, 2024.
Col. Harvey Brown wishes his brevet of date, Nov. 22nd 1861, be conferred to take date as of the 16th of April 1861---the day on which he relieved Fort Pickens. If this be at all admissable, let it be done.
Annotation
[1] Parke-Bernet Catalog 841, February 25, 1947, No. 165. According to the catalog description, this communication is an autograph letter signed. No record has been found of the requested modification in the date of Brown's brevet as brigadier general.