Commander-in-Chief Abraham Lincoln, of the united States, writes to Major General William T. Sherman, commander of the Division of the Mississippi, requesting that Indiana Militiamen and Soldiers under his command be allowed to return home and cast ballots in the presidential election. As Indiana will not allow absentee ballots. However only Unionists, and not Democrats, are granted furloughs.
[restored 4/15/2022]
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References:
Letter to William T. Sherman, Executive Mansion Washington, D.C. (September 19, 1864), Abraham Lincoln, The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, nine volumes, Roy P. Basler, ed., (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1953-55), 8:11.
James McPherson, Battle Cry for Freedom: The Civil War Era, (New York: Ballatine, 1988), 804-05.
James G. Randall, and Richard N. Current, Abraham Lincoln the President: Last Full Measure, (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co.), 1955, 262.
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