Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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Page 496

To George G. Meade1Jump to section

Major-General Meade, Executive Mansion,
Army of Potomac: Washington, D.C., October 3, 1863.

Have you a man in jeopardy as a deserter by the name William T. Evers, private in Company D, Brooklyn Fourteenth State Militia, or Eighty-fourth Volunteers? If you have please send me the facts and conditions of his case. A. LINCOLN.

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[1] Tarbell (Appendix), p. 389. Meade replied the same day, ``Private Wm. T. Evers Brooklyn 14th State militia 84th New York Vols. is being tried by a Division Court martial proceedings not yet recd here.'' (DLC-RTL). The roster of Company D lists Evers as dishonorably discharged on May 25, 1864.

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