Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 7 [Nov. 5, 1863-Sept. 12, 1864].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 7 [Nov. 5, 1863-Sept. 12, 1864].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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Page 480

To Frank L. Wolford1Jump to section

``Cypher'' War Department
Col. Frank Wolford. Washington City,
Louisville, Ky. August 4 1864

Yours of yesterday received. Before interfering with the Judge Advocate General's order, I should know his reasons for making it. Meanwhile, if you have not already started, wait till you hear from me again. Did you receive letter and inclosures from me?

A LINCOLN

Annotation

[1] ALS, DNA WR RG 107, Presidential Telegrams, I, 122. See Lincoln to Wolford, July 17, supra. On August 3 Wolford telegraphed from Louisville: ``The Judge Advocate has notified me to report immediately to him at Washington to be tried before a military commission. . . . If this is inconsistent with the parole which I gave you & which I have scrupulously kept I desire to know what I shall do Can I not be tried in Louisville according to your promise Please answer'' (DLC-RTL).

On August 5 Wolford replied to Lincoln's telegram: ``I duly recd letter and was on the point of mailing my answer when the order of the Judge Advocate came My answer is now on the way to you.'' (Ibid.).

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