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[1] ADfS, DLC-RTL. See Lincoln to Fisk, October 13, supra. General Fisk wrote Lincoln on October 24, 1863:
``I have this day had the pleasure of perusing your communication to Hon. Chas. D. Drake and others of Missouri . . . I trust Your Excellency will pardon a Missouri soldier for briefly saying to you that you have hit the nail squarely on the head.
``I have been pained to see party disputes carried to such a length. . . .
``I am a Missourian. My home is in St. Louis where in April A.D. 1861 I shouldered a musket in defence of the old flag. I believed Slavery to be the