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] John Heise Catalog 2467, No. 78. See Lincoln to Grimes, January 11, supra. Senator Grimes' letter of January 20, 1864, endorsed by Lincoln ``Submitted to the Sec. of War for further information,'' is as follows:

``Your note of the 15th inst in which you informed me that you understood there were no vacancies in the grades of Major & Brigadier Genls. came duly to hand. I suspect that there must be some misapprehension about this for I saw to day in the hands of the chairman of the Military Committee of the Senate in executive session a list prepared for him at the War Department which showed that whilst there were no vacancies in grade of Major Genl. there were thirteen vacancies in the grade of Brigadier'' (ALS, NHi).