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-F, ISLA. Meade's reply to Lincoln's telegram was received at 12:50 P.M.: ``Telegram recd. The execution of the sentence in the case of private Joseph Richardson Co `A' 49th. Pa Vols has been suspended till further orders, and the proceedings will be immediately sent to you. There is no such case before me as that of Moses Chadbourn of a New Hampshire regt as referred to by you.'' (DLC-RTL). The roster of the Forty-ninth Pennsylvania lists Richardson as ``discharged by order of the President---date unknown.'' The roster of the Second New Hampshire lists Private Moses Chadbourn, Company D, deserted on July 7, 1862, apprehended on November 8, 1863, and discharged at Fredericksburg, Virginia, on October 20, 1865. See further Lincoln to Meade, January 3, 1864, infra.