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

About this Item

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.
Rights/Permissions: The University of Michigan Library provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes, with permission from their copyright holder. If you decide to use any of these materials, you are responsible for making your own legal assessment and securing any necessary permission.
Link to this Item: http://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln6
Cite this Item: "Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863]." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln6. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2025.

Pages

Executive Mansion, Washington,
Brigadier General Frederick Steele January 22, 1863.

Sir: So far as respects your military record and reputation, it seems highly fit and proper that you should be promoted to a Major Generalship; and I should nominate you for it, at once, were it not for a document2Open page presented to me, of which the inclosed is a copy. With a satisfactory explanation, I will gladly make the nomination; and in such way, that the time from now till then, shall not be lost to you. Without such explanation, I could scarcely bring myself to make the nomination; and I think it is certain the Senate would not confirm it, if made. Your Obt. Servt.

A. LINCOLN