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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07107 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 |
| Title | Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton regarding the discharge of a jailed Confederate conscript |
| Date | 31 December 1863 |
| Author | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Recipient | Stanton, Edwin McMasters |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | The soldier was a nephew of Lincoln's acquaintance, John Tipton, who has "Lost one brother, and another crippled for life, in our service" |
| Subjects | President Lincoln's Cabinet Civil War Military History Union Forces Conscription Prisoner of War Confederate States of America Children and Family Injury or Wound Death |
| People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Stanton, E. M. (Edwin McMasters) (1814-1869) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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