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 526

To Joseph K. Barnes1Jump to section

Executive Mansion,
Washington, August 31. 1864.

Surgeon General please have an examination made of private Joseph Laland Co. H. 2nd. N.Y. Heavy Artillery, now at Mount Pleasant Hospital, with reference to a discharge A. LINCOLN

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[1] ALS, DLC-RTL. On September 1, 1864, Surgeon General Barnes returned Lincoln's note with the report:

``Respectfully returned with report that Pvt. Joseph Laland 2nd N.Y. Heavy Arty---is not entitled to Discharge on Certificate of Disability.''

This is endorsed by Johnson Van Dyck Middleton, Assistant Surgeon, U.S.A., Acting Medical Director, September 1, 1864:

``Respectfully returned to the Surg. General. This man has been carefully examined by Asst. Surg. [Charles A.] McCall . . . who reports that he is suffering from Rheumatism . . . that there is no organic change but that the use of the limb is some what impaired. . . .'' (DLC-RTL).

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