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, 39. This telegram was written and signed by Nicolay. An undated draft of a telegram with an explanatory note from Senator James R. Doolittle accounts for the telegram:

``To Genl Thomas Chattanooga

``Do not execute sentence upon young Perry from Wisconsin for sleeping at his post until case is reviewed

``This young man is but 16 years old. I know his father well He consented at last to his son's enlisting at last [sic]. He is a fine boy, but overcome with fatigue and sleep has incurred the dreadful penalty of death Please telegraph Genl Thomas to suspend execution'' (DLC-RTL).

No reply from Thomas has been found, and ``Perry from Wisconsin'' has not been satisfactorily identified. The court-martial files contain an incomplete record of Private Charles O. Perry, Company B, Third Maine Volunteers, sentenced to death for sleeping on post, but it is uncertain that this is the same soldier (DNA WR RG 153, Judge Advocate General, NN 1355).