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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To Edwin M. Stanton1Jump to section

Hon. Sec. of War Executive Mansion,
My dear Sir: Washington, July 15. 1862.

This young man---George K. Pomeroy---is the son of one of the best women I ever knew---a widow who has lost all her other children, and has cheerfully given this one to the war, and devotes herself exclusively to nursing our sick and wounded soldiers. I wish to do something for him, and, even, to strain a point for that object. I wish you would see him, and give him a second Lieutenancy in the regular Army, in the first vacancy not already promised. He has already served nearly a year in the volunteers. This shall be your voucher. Yours truly A LINCOLN

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[1] ALS-F, American Art Association Anderson Galleries Catalog 3873, December 15-16, 1930, No. 277. According to the catalog description the letter is accompanied by an envelope which carried the following endorsement: ``Hon. Sec. of War. Please see this young man a moment. A.L.'' George K. Pomroy was the son of Mrs. Rebecca R. Pomroy, the famous Civil War nurse of Chelsea, Massachusetts, who had nursed ``Tad'' Lincoln and Mrs. Lincoln in February and March, 1862. He was appointed second lieutenant of the Third Infantry on July 17.

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