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[1] AES, DNA WR RG 94, U.S. Military Academy, 1861, No. 373, Box 78. Lincoln's endorsement is written on an envelope containing recommendations in favor of Charles S. Heintzelman, son of Samuel P. Heintzelman whom Lincoln nominated on the same date to be major general of Volunteers to rank from May 5, 1862, the date of the Battle of Williamsburg, Virginia. Charles S. Heintzelman entered West Point July 1, 1863, and graduated in June, 1867.