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... command May 8 , and then placed on indefinite leave May 16. Lincoln appealed to a shrewd political mind for guidance . Hon . F. P. Blair My Dear Sir . PRIVATE Washington D. C. May 18. 1861 We have a good deal of anxiety here about St ...
... command May 8 , and then placed on indefinite leave May 16. Lincoln appealed to a shrewd political mind for guidance . Hon . F. P. Blair My Dear Sir . PRIVATE Washington D. C. May 18. 1861 We have a good deal of anxiety here about St ...
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... command the whole army . You will , therefore , assume this enlarged duty at once , conferring with me so far as necessary . Yours truly A. Lincoln P.S. For the present , let Gen. Wool's command be excepted . AL Lincoln graciously ...
... command the whole army . You will , therefore , assume this enlarged duty at once , conferring with me so far as necessary . Yours truly A. Lincoln P.S. For the present , let Gen. Wool's command be excepted . AL Lincoln graciously ...
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... command at Harper's Ferry Executive Mansion , Washington , February 17 , 1865 . Chaplain Fitzgibbon yesterday sent me a dispatch invoking clemency for Jackson Stewart and Randall who are to be shot to- day . The dispatch is so vague ...
... command at Harper's Ferry Executive Mansion , Washington , February 17 , 1865 . Chaplain Fitzgibbon yesterday sent me a dispatch invoking clemency for Jackson Stewart and Randall who are to be shot to- day . The dispatch is so vague ...
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