THE PROPERTY OF A WEST COAST ESTATE
LINCOLN, Abraham. Engraved document boldly signed ("Abraham Lincoln") as President, countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, Washington, D.C., 13 May 1864. 1 page, large folio, PRINTED ON PARCHMENT, elaborately engraved, blue paper seal of the United States at top left, bold heading at top "President of the United States of America," beneath which an American Eagle and the "E Pluribus Unum," motto fly above billowing clouds, a large vignette of crossed flags, cannon and other military paraphernalia at the bottom. A War Department docketing inscription appears in upper left corner. Matted and in a fine archival frame.
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LINCOLN, Abraham. Engraved document boldly signed ("Abraham Lincoln") as President, countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, Washington, D.C., 13 May 1864. 1 page, large folio, PRINTED ON PARCHMENT, elaborately engraved, blue paper seal of the United States at top left, bold heading at top "President of the United States of America," beneath which an American Eagle and the "E Pluribus Unum," motto fly above billowing clouds, a large vignette of crossed flags, cannon and other military paraphernalia at the bottom. A War Department docketing inscription appears in upper left corner. Matted and in a fine archival frame.
LINCOLN APPOINTS THE YOUNGEST BRIGADIER IN AMERICAN HISTORY, FRANCIS FESSENDEN. President Lincoln and Secretary Stanton appoint Francis Fessenden (1839-1906) to the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Army. At 25 years of age, Fessenden was the youngest man in American history to receive that rank. He didn't earn it solely by virtue of being the son of Lincoln's Treasury Secretary. Wounded at Shiloh, young Fessenden returned to action and lost his right leg in the Red River campaign. Not even that kept him from the field, for after an interval of desk duty in Washington, he took command of the 1st Brigade of West Virginia's 2d Infantry Division, and was promoted to Major General in 1865. His brother, Samuel, was killed at Centreville in 1862.
LINCOLN APPOINTS THE YOUNGEST BRIGADIER IN AMERICAN HISTORY, FRANCIS FESSENDEN. President Lincoln and Secretary Stanton appoint Francis Fessenden (1839-1906) to the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Army. At 25 years of age, Fessenden was the youngest man in American history to receive that rank. He didn't earn it solely by virtue of being the son of Lincoln's Treasury Secretary. Wounded at Shiloh, young Fessenden returned to action and lost his right leg in the Red River campaign. Not even that kept him from the field, for after an interval of desk duty in Washington, he took command of the 1st Brigade of West Virginia's 2d Infantry Division, and was promoted to Major General in 1865. His brother, Samuel, was killed at Centreville in 1862.