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 4, 2024.

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To Edwin M. Stanton1Jump to section

June 23, 1862

Gen. Rousseau was our first active practical Military friend in Kentucky, as the within letter shows, & as I knew before. He raised two regiments of Kentuckians over the river in Indiana, before they would allow him to organize them in Kentucky. He fought bravely at Pittsburg Landing. These things entitle him to a fair hearing, which I ask the Secretary of War to give him.

June 23. 1862. A. LINCOLN

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[1]   AES, NHi. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter from Joshua F. Speed, June 17, 1862, recommending that Rousseau be given a hearing on ``the army of the Ohio and the relation of its officers to the Government.''

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