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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 [Promotion of Thomas W. Sherman to Lieutenant Colonel of the 5th Regiment of Artillery].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04741 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: 14 August 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : vellum : docket Height: 44.4 cm, Width: 34.8 cm Order a Copy

This document is a record of the promotion of Thomas W. Sherman, signed by Abraham Lincoln as President and countersigned by Simon Cameron as Secretary of War. Partially printed from an engraving, with blanks filled in by hand. Accompanied by an orange seal and docketed in the upper left corner.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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