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[1] Parke-Bernet Catalog 63, November 16-17, 1938, No. 182. According to the catalog description, LINCOLN's endorsement is written on a letter from Edwin D. Morgan, June 8, 1863, asking removal of disability to hold a commission imposed on Captain James B. Caryl, Twenty-sixth New York Infantry, by court-martial conviction on charges of conduct subversive to military discipline. Caryl's offense consisted in writing a protest against the appointment of a major in his regiment, and tendering his resignation when facing the enemy. On July 9, Governor Seymour authorized Caryl to raise the Thirty-fifth Independent Battery of Artillery. The authorization was withdrawn on September 25, and the battery transferred to the Sixteenth New York Artillery where Captain Caryl served until honorably mustered out in August, 1865. His name is spelled ``Caryle'' in some sources.