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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To John W. Forney1Jump to section

Col. Forney Executive Mansion,
My dear Sir Washington, May 13. 1863.

I wish to lose no time in thanking you for the excellent and manly article in the Chronicle on ``Stonewall Jackson'' Yours truly

A. LINCOLN

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[1] ALS, ORB. Forney had on May 12 written Lincoln a letter of apology for ``a most ungenerous criticism upon Generals Halleck and Hooker'' which had appeared in the Philadelphia Press. The editorial on the death of Stonewall Jackson in the Washington Chronicle of May 13 was as generous to the enemy as the Press had been ungenerous to the Union leaders. Forney acknowledged Lincoln's note as follows, ``Thanks for your kind letter, by the young gentleman who bears your name. I have been deeply chagrined by the error in my Phila. paper a few days ago, in my absence, and am therefore glad to find that you can see also what is right and just. . . .'' (DLC-RTL).

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