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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[1] Copy, ISLA. Colonel Thomas J. C. Amory of the Seventeenth Massachusetts Volunteers was nominated brigadier general on February 6, 1863. On February 12, his nomination was returned to the president along with others, on recommendation of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs that there was ``no law authorizing said appointments'' (Executive Journal, XIII, 128). Appointed brevet brigadier general as of March 13, 1865, Amory was confirmed by the Senate on March 12, 1866.