Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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[1] ALS, RPB.

[2] Sigel's dispatch to Stanton of 9 P.M., June 19, reported ``about 12,000 troops arrived from Richmond, via Lynchburg and Charlottesville.'' (OR, I, XII, III, 411).

[3] Captain John S. Spriggs and Captain Marshall Triplett of the Virginia Partisan Rangers, guerillas, were being held awaiting trial at Camp Chase, Ohio. General Robert E. Lee notified McClellan June 19 that on information they were to be executed two Union prisoners had been selected for retaliation. Stanton telegraphed McClellan June 20 that Spriggs and Triplett were being treated like other prisoners of war. (OR, II, IV, 43-46).