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Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) [Commission of Henry Hunt as Lieutenant Colonel of the 3rd Artillery Regiment]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06415.01 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Place Written: Washington Type: Printed document signed Date: 1 July 1864 Pagination: 1 p. ; 49.8 x 40.5 cm. Order a Copy

Countersigned by Edwin McMasters Stanton, Secretary of War, and Edward Davis Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General. Official seal has been ripped and is partially missing. Partially printed on vellum. Contains an image of an eagle, a knight's helmet, and several United States flags.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893
Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889

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