To Edwin M. Stanton1Jump to section
Executive Mansion, Washington,
Hon. Sec. of War. July 30, 1864.
Hon. Sec. of War. July 30, 1864.
Charles David Fenton, now in prison at Fort Delaware, is pardoned, and to be discharged. Yours truly A. LINCOLN
Annotation
[1] ALS, DNA WR RG 153, Judge Advocate General, LL 2048. See Lincoln to Holt, July 29, supra. According to the record the soldier's middle name was ``Davis'' not ``David.''