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[1] ALS, RPB. Brigadier General John W. Davidson was relieved of his command at Little Rock, Arkansas, by request of General Frederick Steele to Halleck, January 28, 1864: ``. . . I ask authority to relieve General Davidson
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 7 [Nov. 5, 1863-Sept. 12, 1864].
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- Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 7 [Nov. 5, 1863-Sept. 12, 1864].
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- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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from my command. He is the only discordant element in it. He will intrigue against me.'' (OR, I, XXXIV, II, 175). On February 26, Davidson telegraphed Lincoln from Cairo, Illinois:
``I desire to come to Washn. I have facts to lay before the Judge Advocate General I have been relieved of a command I had formed & no reason assigned known to me. I have to send you the following telegram from Gov. Murphy I did not send it from Little Rock because I did not wish to add to your anxiety about the discords there---`Little Rock Ark, Feby 15th. 1864---To A. Lincoln Prest U.S.---
`` `Genl Davidson is a true man & soldier a patriot in whom the unconditional Union men of Arkansas trust with unlimited confidence any action against him will be against the Union Element here & against your own policy. This, an investigation will show. Isaac Murphy Pro. Gover. of Arkansas' I cannot do duty with Honor until this question of the insult put upon me by Genl Steele be investigated. . . .'' (DLC-RTL).
On June 26, 1864, General Davidson was placed in command as chief of cavalry in the Military Division of the West Mississippi.