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 Joseph G. Totten1Jump to section

Gen. Totten Executive Mansion,
My dear Sir Washington, May 13, 1863.

I wish to appoint William Whipple, son of the General who fell in the recent battle on the Rappahannock, to West-Point, next Spring, and I wish to file this with you as a remembrance upon the subject. Yours truly A. LINCOLN

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[1] ALS, DNA WR RG 94, U.S. Military Academy, 1863, No. 466, Box 83. General Amiel W. Whipple was killed at Chancellorsville; Charles W. Whipple is listed in the Official Register (1865) as in the third class at West Point.

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