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[1] Copy, IHi; copy, DLC-RTL. The copy preserved in the Lincoln Papers bears an endorsement in pencil, not Lincoln's: ``Col. H.S. Huidekoper Address is at Meadville Pa.'' The other copy (IHi) is ``A true copy'' certified by Captain
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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"Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 7 [Nov. 5, 1863-Sept. 12, 1864]." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln7. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 20, 2025.
Pages
Page 531
Theodore McMurtrie, Provost Marshal General's Office, September 22, 1864, which contains also a copy of Lincoln's endorsement to Edwin M. Stanton of September 20, infra. Lieutenant Colonel Henry S. Huidekoper, One Hundred Fiftieth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and Judge S. Newton Pettis had persuaded Lincoln of the advisability of enlisting Confederate prisoners. According to James B. Fry's account (see Nicolay and Hay, Abraham Lincoln: A History, V, 145 ff.), Stanton refused to execute Lincoln's order. When Lincoln wrote the endorsement of September 20 (infra), Stanton again refused. Whereupon Lincoln went to the War Department, explained his reasons for insisting that the order be executed, and made it peremptory. Lincoln's letter to Grant, September 22, infra, absolves Stanton of all blame in the episode and explains why the order was made.