Major General Meade Executive Mansion,
Warrenton, Va Washington, Aug. 21, 1863.
Warrenton, Va Washington, Aug. 21, 1863.
At this late moment I am appealed to in behalf of William Thompson of Co. K. 3rd. Maryland Volunteers, in 12th. Army Corps said to be at Kelly's Ford, under sentence to be shot to-day as a deserter. He is represented to me to be very young, with symptoms of insanity. Please postpone the execution till further order A. LINCOLN