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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To John Sedgwick1Jump to section

Executive Mansion, Washington,
Major General Sedgwicke Jan. 20, 1864

Suspend execution till further order, in case of private James Lane, Co. B. 71st. N.Y.vols. A. LINCOLN

Annotation

[1] ALS-F, ISLA. General Sedgwick's telegram in reply was received at 8 P.M.: ``Your dispatch directing the suspension of the execution of the sentence in the case of Private James Lane of Co B. 71st N.Y. Vols received.'' (DLC-RTL). Private James Lane's sentence for desertion was commuted to imprisonment along with numerous others on April 18, 1864, under the order of February 26, 1864. See further, Lincoln to Sedgwick, January 26, infra.

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