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 Ambrose E. Burnside1Jump to section

War Department, Washington, D.C.,
Major-General Burnside, Cincinnati, Ohio: July 3, 1863.

Private Downey, of the Twentieth or Twenty-sixth Kentucky Infantry, is said to have been sentenced to be shot for desertion today. If so, respite the execution until I can see the record.

A. LINCOLN.

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[1] Tarbell (Appendix), p. 374. No reply has been located. On August 5, 1863, Private John Downey, Company G, Twenty-sixth Kentucky Volunteers, was pardoned by the president and ordered to return to duty (AGO General Orders No. 272).

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