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[1] AES, NHi. Lincoln's endorsement is written on both sides of an envelope which presumably contained at one time papers referring to the proposal made. Stanton endorsed at the end of Lincoln's note, ``Boswells Case. Oct 11. The Secretary of War refuses to extend Boswells authority.'' Daniel K. Boswell of Corinth,
Mississippi, was recommended by Representative Aaron Harding and other members of the Kentucky delegation in congress for appointment as brigadier general in February, 1862 (DLC-RTL). Senator Orville H. Browning recommended him on March 4, ``to return to Mississippi, and raise troops for the service of the Government.'' (Ibid.). The New York Tribune, August 14, 1862, reported Boswell's departure for Corinth, ``authorized by the President to raise a Brigade of Union Volunteers in Northern Mississippi.'' But no further record of Boswell's appointment has been found.