Annotation
[1] AES, DNA WR RG 108, HQA, A 1755, Box 56. Lincoln's endorsement is written on what seems to be a copy, with no signature or date, of a request from an officer in the Army of the Cumberland that he be permitted to organize an independent command of cavalry and mounted infantry to counter the effect of Confederate cavalry raiders. No clue has been found as to its authorship, but see Lincoln's letter to Rosecrans, February 17, infra.