To Edwin M. Stanton2Open page
April 15, 1862.
Respectfully submitted to the Secretary of War, with the remark that Mr. Blair says the writer's word is good to the utmost hair's-breadth for what he says A. LINCOLN
April 15, 1862.
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].
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- 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 20, 2025.
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Page 192
Annotation
[1] AES, RPB. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter from Major Robert Allen, quartermaster at St. Louis, to Montgomery Blair, April 4, 1862, requesting aid in getting an appointment as brigadier general. ``The rank to which I attached no value a little while ago has become desirable by the change in the geography of the Department since it takes in Col. [Thomas] Swords who ranks me and I become subordinate to him.'' Allen's appointment as brigadier general of Volunteers was confirmed by the Senate on June 11, 1862.