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I will be personally obliged, if the Quarter-Master-General can conveniently arrange to have the change made, as within requested. A. LINCOLN
April 13. 1863.
Annotation
[1] AES, IHi. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter from Governor Richard Yates, April 2, 1863, recommending Second Lieutenant James R. Hosmer of the Eighth Maryland Volunteers for appointment as assistant quartermaster. Hosmer was appointed with rank of captain on May 12, 1863.