Annotation
[1] AD, DLC-RTL. James M. Edmunds, Grand President, Union League of America, wrote Stanton on March 1, 1864, forwarding testimony concerning the disloyalty of Captain Charles Garretson, assistant quartermaster, furnished by the Union League of York, Pennsylvania, and others. On March 5, Garretson was ``By direction of the President . . . dismissed the service of the United States . . . for disloyalty to the Government'' (AGO Special Orders No. 107). See further, Lincoln's note to Stanton, March 7, infra.