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 23, 2024.
War Department, please preserve this dispatch, and answer it.
Nov. 14. 1861. A. LINCOLN
Annotation
[1] AES, DLC-RTL. Lincoln's endorsement is written on the back of a telegram received from William A. Barstow, Janesville, Wisconsin, November 13, 1861, asking why his authority to raise a cavalry regiment had been revoked. Cameron's reply, November 16, copied below Lincoln's endorsement, was that authority had been revoked ``by request of Investigating Committee after their session in St. Louis.'' Colonel Barstow's Third Wisconsin Cavalry was finally mustered into service January 31, 1862.