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LINCOLN, Abraham. Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln") [to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton], Washington, 20 July 1863. 1 page, 8vo, Executive Mansion stationery, matted and framed with engraved portrait of Lincoln.
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LINCOLN, Abraham. Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln") [to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton], Washington, 20 July 1863. 1 page, 8vo, Executive Mansion stationery, matted and framed with engraved portrait of Lincoln.
LINCOLN URGES THE PROMOTION OF A BRAVE NEW JERSEY OFFICER. "Today Mr. Stratton of New Jersey calls and urges the appointment as a Brig. Genl. of Col. Charles G. Harker, now commanding a Brigade in Rosecran's Army. He says Gen. Rosecrans speaks of him in his report of the battle of Murfreesboro, & recommends him for promotion." An 1858 graduate of West Point, Harker was promoted to Colonel early in the war, and fought at Shiloh, Corinth, Stones Rover and Chickamauga. His bravery under fire won the attention of his superiors more than once, and merited his well earned promotion to Brigadier General on 20 September 1863. He led the third brigade of IV Corps in the Army of the Cumberland, and was wounded during the siege of Knoxville, but remained in the line. He held the peak of Rocky Face Ridge against repeated enemy attacks on 7 May 1864. But he was wounded a second time--fatally--leading a charge at Kenesaw Mountain on 27 June 1864. Not in Basler.
LINCOLN URGES THE PROMOTION OF A BRAVE NEW JERSEY OFFICER. "Today Mr. Stratton of New Jersey calls and urges the appointment as a Brig. Genl. of Col. Charles G. Harker, now commanding a Brigade in Rosecran's Army. He says Gen. Rosecrans speaks of him in his report of the battle of Murfreesboro, & recommends him for promotion." An 1858 graduate of West Point, Harker was promoted to Colonel early in the war, and fought at Shiloh, Corinth, Stones Rover and Chickamauga. His bravery under fire won the attention of his superiors more than once, and merited his well earned promotion to Brigadier General on 20 September 1863. He led the third brigade of IV Corps in the Army of the Cumberland, and was wounded during the siege of Knoxville, but remained in the line. He held the peak of Rocky Face Ridge against repeated enemy attacks on 7 May 1864. But he was wounded a second time--fatally--leading a charge at Kenesaw Mountain on 27 June 1864. Not in Basler.