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] D, DNA WR RG 107, Presidential Telegrams, I, 8. The telegram is in the handwriting of Edward Neill, and signed by Nicolay. No reply has been found. John T. Abshier, citizen of Missouri, was sentenced to be hanged for murder and ``violation of laws and customs of war.'' General Rosecrans recommended commutation to imprisonment because of Abshier's youth and the loyalty of his family. On February 9, 1864, however, Lincoln approved the death sentence (DNA WR RG 153, Judge Advocate General, MM 1001). AGO Special Orders No. 134, April 1, 1864, commuted the sentence to imprisonment.