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LINCOLN, Abraham. Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln"), as President, to Secretary of War [Edwin M. Stanton], 23 January 1863. 1 page, 8vo, Executive Mansion stationery.
"OUR LAMENTED GEN. BAYARD"
LINCOLN AIDS THE SURVIVING COUSIN OF A HERO KILLED AT FREDERICKSBURG. "The bearer of this, William Bayard, is a double cousin of our lamented Gen. Bayard, and served on his staff from his promotion to a generalship up to his fall. He wishes to be a Lieut. in the regular army. Hear him, & if you can find a way, this is my authority." George D. Bayard (1835-1862), was a West Point graduate, class of 1856, and fought in the Indian Wars on the frontier, where he was wounded in the face by an arrow. He fought opposite Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley campaign of 1862, at Cedar Mountain, and at Fredericksburg where he was one of the 12,700 Union casualties in that astonishingly bloody battle. William Bayard was promoted to Second Lieutenant in the 4th cavalry Regiment on 31 October 1863. Published in Basler First Supplement 10:176.
"OUR LAMENTED GEN. BAYARD"
LINCOLN AIDS THE SURVIVING COUSIN OF A HERO KILLED AT FREDERICKSBURG. "The bearer of this, William Bayard, is a double cousin of our lamented Gen. Bayard, and served on his staff from his promotion to a generalship up to his fall. He wishes to be a Lieut. in the regular army. Hear him, & if you can find a way, this is my authority." George D. Bayard (1835-1862), was a West Point graduate, class of 1856, and fought in the Indian Wars on the frontier, where he was wounded in the face by an arrow. He fought opposite Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley campaign of 1862, at Cedar Mountain, and at Fredericksburg where he was one of the 12,700 Union casualties in that astonishingly bloody battle. William Bayard was promoted to Second Lieutenant in the 4th cavalry Regiment on 31 October 1863. Published in Basler First Supplement 10:176.