Memorandum:
Appointment of Daniel H. Brush, Jr.1Jump to section
File & remember. A. LINCOLN
Dec. 7. 1864
Annotation
[1] AES, DNA WR RG 94, U.S. Military Academy, 1864, No. 297. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter from Daniel H. Brush, Carbondale, Illinois, November 3, 1864, asking his son's appointment to West Point. Daniel H. Brush, Jr., did not enter West Point until June, 1867, and graduated in 1871.