6 May 1861
Mansfield, Joseph K. F. (Joseph King Fenno) (1803-1862)
Autograph letter signed
Title: to Lorenzo Thomas
Mansfield informs Thomas, Adjutant General for the United States, that he accepts the appointment of Brevet Brigadier General conferred upon him from the United States President (Abraham Lincoln). Accepts the title "with the hope that in so doing I can better serve my country in the trying circumstances in which it is placed."
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