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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08157 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | Abraham Lincoln to Hannibal Hamlin regarding the Brigadier General |
| Date | 2 March 1862 |
| Author | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Recipient | Hamlin, Jannibal |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Requesting name of Maine man to appoint Brigadier General. With Hamlin's note on bottom that Hiram Berry was appointed, served ably, but was killed at the battle of Chancellorsville on 3 May 1863. |
| Subjects | President Vice President Civil War Military History Union General Union Forces Battle Death |
| People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Hamlin, Hannibal (1809-1891) Berry, Hiram G. (1824-1863) |
| 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 |