To George G. Meade or John Sedgwick1Jump to section
Major-General Meade Executive Mansion,
or Major-General Sedgwick, Washington, D.C.,
Army of the Potomac: January 16, 1864.
or Major-General Sedgwick, Washington, D.C.,
Army of the Potomac: January 16, 1864.
Suspend execution of death sentence of Joseph W. Clifton, of Sixth New Jersey Volunteers, until further order.
A. LINCOLN.
Annotation
[1] Tarbell (Appendix), p. 410. Joseph W. Clifton's sentence for desertion was commuted to imprisonment in Dry Tortugas by AGO Special Orders No. 166, May 3, 1864.