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to Jacob Dolson Cox

Scammon writes as Colonel of the 23rd Ohio to General Cox, the division commander at Charleston, West Virginia. States that Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes has reported that some men of the 23rd Ohio have captured 15 "noted Bushwhackers" and burned...

GLC02414.062

World. [Vol. 5, no. 1503 (April 17, 1865)]

Gives detailed account of President Lincoln's assassination, and the last hours of the president. Also includes General Robert Lee's farewell address to the armies of Northern Virginia, a full account of the inauguration of Andrew Johnson, and...

GLC08428.11

Lizzie Wilkins and Annie

Written by Hanscom as a private in Company L, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment New Hampshire. Writes to his friends informing that they are waiting to be discharged soon, hopefully by June 11 or 12. States that he heard many Massachusetts troops have...

GLC08407

to Gen. Stephen A. Hurlbut.

Lincoln tested the firing mechanism of automatic navy rifles and found it faulty; he tells Hurlbut not to order the guns. (Hurlbut) Convicted of embezzling funds and money from the National Bank of Baltimore.

GLC00005.01

Pardon of Fred G. Steele (c/s Robert Kennedy [AG])

Convicted of interstate transport of firearms; pardon to commute the 5-year sentence at once to 6 months; no reason for pardon.

GLC00045.44