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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To Edwin M. Stanton1Jump to section

January 16, 1863

Injustice has probably been done in this case. Sec. of War please examine it.

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[1] Copy, DNA WR RG 107, Register of Secretary of War, Letters Received, P 9. The original document is missing but the Register preserves the copy of Lincoln's endorsement written on papers in the case of Lieutenant Gurdon McKay, Twenty-second Massachusetts Volunteers, dismissed from service as absent without leave. No later record of McKay's service has been found.

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