Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 to William A. Newell

GLC05616

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GLC#
GLC05616
Type
Letters
Date
February 18, 1862
Author/Creator
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Title
to William A. Newell
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
1 p. : + print Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 12.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Discusses New Jersey Governor Newell's advocacy of Colonel James T. Hatfield, who was being considered for appointment to brigadier general. Comments that Newell's support for Hatfield is unquestioned, remarking that Newell would only support the promotion of another officer, Colonel Joseph W. Allen, with the condition that it would not interfere with Hatfield's promotion.

Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln, (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. V 1861 - 1862,
p. 136

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