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 Holt1Jump to section

Judge Advocate General: Executive Mansion,
Dear Sir; Washington, August 13. 1863.

Major Alexander Montgomery, who has been dismissed from the Regular Army, is now with me, and denies the charges upon which he was dismissed, and which he says he now, for the first time, has officially heard. As the principal charge, can be given the appearance at least of being merely personally offensive to me, and as he denies it, I think he should have a Court-Martial, rather than to abide my arbitrary dismissal.

Please give him the Court-Martial if he desires it. Yours truly

A. LINCOLN

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[1] ALS, IHi. Major Alexander Montgomery, quartermaster at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was dismissed on July 18, 1863, and reinstated on June 14, 1864. Letters from Montgomery Blair (August 5, 1863), Simon Cameron (August 10, 1863), and several others, requested his reinstatement (DLC-RTL).

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