Letter from Iowa Adjutant General Nathaniel B. Baker to Abraham Lincoln recommending the appointment of Major Edgar T. Ensign of the 9th Iowa Cavalry to the office of Captain with the U.S. Regular Army. March 3, 1865. Copy.
Abraham Lincoln's message to a Notification Committee of the U.S. House and Senate accepting a second presidential term. Members of the joint committee delivering word of Lincon's re-election were Senator Lyman Trumbull (Illinois), Representative…
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Missouri Governor Thomas C. Fletcher suggesting that opposing factions in the state be encouraged to hold neighborhood meetings to pledge mutual commitment to ending the state's internal conflicts. February 20, 1865.…
Telegram from Iowa Adjutant General Nathaniel B. Baker to Abraham Lincoln requesting a reprieve of death sentence for deserter John Cohoe (a.k.a. John Cole) of the 11th Iowa Infantry until the President can further review the case. February 13, 1865.…
Telegram from Iowa Adjutant General Nathaniel B. Baker to Abraham Lincoln requesting a reprieve of the death sentence for deserter William A. Craven of the 2nd Missouri Cavalry until the president can further review the case. February 13, 1865. Copy.
Letter from Iowa Adjutant General Nathaniel B. Baker to Lincoln recommending the appointment of Dr. D. W. Stewart (Davenport, Iowa) as Surgeon of the General Hospital at Davenport. February 10, 1865. Copy.
Letter from General Grenville M. Dodge to Abraham Lincoln assessing current conditions in northern Missouri, where violent conflict between enemy guerilla forces and Unionist residents remained widespread. Dodge notes that conditions had improved but…
Letter from Iowa Adjutant General Nathaniel B. Baker to Abraham Lincoln recommending appointment of Thomas M. Banbury (Iowa City, Iowa) as Commissar of Subsistence. July 21, 1864. Copy
Letter from Iowa Adjutant General Nathaniel B. Baker to Abraham Lincoln recommending appointment of Captain Benjamin Franklin Reno to the position of Quartermaster General in the U.S. Regular Army. Reno was the brother of highly regarded Union…
Telegram from Abraham Lincoln to New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley referring to Greeley's earlier communications regarding potential Confederate peace negotiations, indicating that he had wanted Greeley to send a Confederate representative or…