Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 8 [ Sept. 12, 1864-Apr. 14, 1865, undated, appendices].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 8 [ Sept. 12, 1864-Apr. 14, 1865, undated, appendices].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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To Hannibal Hamlin1Jump to section

Executive Mansion,
Washington, D.C., February 28, 1865.

Sir: In reply to the resolution of the Senate, dated February 14, 1865, I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of War, forwarding a copy of the report of the court of inquiry in respect to the explosion of the mine in front of Petersburg. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

Hon. H. Hamlin ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

President United States Senate.

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[1] Senate Journal, March 1, 1865, pp. 267-68. See the Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War (1865) for the reports of the court of inquiry and of the investigation by congress.

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