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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[1] ALS, RPB. General Butler replied on December 22: ``Private Wm. H. Blake Batty E 1st. Penn Artillery, is under sentence of death by hanging for murder. In my judgment a very deliberate one. He will not be executed without further orders from you. The records were forwarded on the 19th. inst. to Col Holt.''

William H. Blake's sentence for the murder of Stephen Redson, Battery E, First Pennsylvania Artillery, was commuted to life imprisonment (AGO, Special Orders No. 14, January 11, 1864), and on April 27, 1864, he received a presidential pardon (DNA WR RG 153, Judge Advocate General, MM 1201).