Mansfield, Joseph K.F., 1803-1862 to Lorenzo Thomas
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02464.11 Author/Creator: Mansfield, Joseph K.F., 1803-1862 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 6 May 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 25.3 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy
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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