Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 to Simon Cameron re: recommending Edward Ellsworth cousin of Elmer Ellsworth

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GLC#
GLC02840
Type
Letters
Date
1861/08/08
Author/Creator
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Title
to Simon Cameron re: recommending Edward Ellsworth cousin of Elmer Ellsworth
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 21 cm, Width: 13 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Written as President to Secretary of War Cameron, asking for a commission for Ellsworth, first cousin of Col. Elmer Ellsworth. The Colonel was the first officer killed in the war.

Basler, Roy, P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. IV 186 - 1861,
p. 479

President
Civil War
Union Forces
Lincoln's Cabinet
Military History
Letter of Introduction or Recommendation

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