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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Page 125

To Joseph Hooker1Jump to section

Executive Mansion, Washington D.C., March 5, 1863.

Major General Hooker, Commanding Army of the Potomac:

For business purposes, I have extended the leave of absence of Capt. Henry A. Merchant, [Marchant] 23d Pennsylvania volunteers, five days, hoping that it will not interfere with the public service. Please notify the regiment to-day. A. LINCOLN.

Annotation

[1] Thirty-eighth Congress, Second Session, Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War (1865), I, 200. See Lincoln's letter to Hooker February 27, supra. No reply from Hooker has been found.

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