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 Richard W. Thompson1Jump to section

Hon. R. W. Thompson Executive Mansion,
Terre Haute, Ia. Washington, May 27, 1864.

Your letter in relation to Gen. Hunter and your son, just received. If Gen. Hu[nter] should ask to have your son on his staff, the requ[est] would be granted; but the General is now actively moving in the field, and is beyond telegraph. I doubt whether the promotion you think of is legally possible A LINCOLN

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[1] ALS, DNA WR RG 107, Presidential Telegrams, I, 66. Richard W. Thompson wrote Lincoln on May 21, 1864: ``I find by telegram to day that Maj. Gen.

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Hunter has been assigned to the command of the District of Western Virginia. For more than a year my son, Capt R. W. Thompson, was on his staff, & the Genl has expressed a wish that he should be returned to him again when placed upon active duty. I presume he will ask his transfer from Commissary duties with the army of the Potomac. In that event I respectfully request that the transfer may be made. And if made I make the additional request that he be promoted. . . .'' (DLC-RTL). No record has been found of the transfer of Captain Richard W. Thompson, Jr.