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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To Joseph Holt1Jump to section

If this Petition is true, as it probably is, these men should be pardoned. Can the J.A.G. throw any light upon it? A. LINCOLN

April 25. 1864

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[1] AES, DNA WR RG 153, Judge Advocate General, LL 1523. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter from Salmon P. Chase, April 21, 1864, calling attention to the petition of Major Chambers Baird and citizens of Ripley, Ohio, concerning hardships of enlisted men and misconduct of officers---with particular reference to the cases of Privates Calvin P. Shaw, John Steele, Lucian Stevens, and Henry Washburn, Second Ohio Heavy Artillery, sentenced to imprisonment for mutiny. Holt left the question to the president. On August 16, Lincoln pardoned Stevens, but the records do not show pardons for the others.

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