List of Candidates for West Point1Jump to section
John D. C. Hoskins.--- Has served in this war---Gen. Grant's boy.2Jump to section
David Dick Johnson--- Penn.3Jump to section
Beverly Allen--- Mo. Pope's boy.4Jump to section
William Whipple--- Army5Jump to section
Augustus P. Barnard.--- Army6Jump to section
Nesmith.---7Jump to section Oregon.
John B. Engle. Ia. now in Libby---Hon. H. S. Lane.8Jump to section
Annotation
[1] AD, DLC-RTL. This list is written on a military telegraph form dated 1864, and appears to be contemporary with the memorandum, infra.
[2] See memorandum of January 20, supra.
[3] See memorandum of January 6, supra.
[4] See memorandum, infra.
[5] Charles William Whipple, son of William D. Whipple, entered West Point, July 1, 1864.
[6] No record of an appointment has been found.
[7] ``George W. Pyle'' is written in pencil above ``Nesmith,'' which has been deleted. See Lincoln's memorandum of February 27, supra.
[8] Corporal John B. Engle, Eighty-sixth Indiana Infantry, was mustered out in June, 1865, and appointed second lieutenant, Seventeenth Infantry, on February 23, 1866.