Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 to Major John J. Key
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.045.01 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: Executive Mansion Type: Autograph letter signed Date: November 24, 1862 Pagination: 2 p. ; 25 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Lincoln quotes the testimony against Key and assures him the dismissal was not personal but for the good of the service. Lincoln also expresses sympathy for the death of Key's son in battle.
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswcik, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. V 1861 - 1862,
p. 508 - 509.
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