78. Iowa Adj. Gen. Nathaniel Baker to Lincoln requesting reprieve for deserter John Cohoe
Title
78. Iowa Adj. Gen. Nathaniel Baker to Lincoln requesting reprieve for deserter John Cohoe
Subject
Description
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. Copy.
Date
1865-02-13
Contributor
Becki Plunkett and Stephen Vincent
Rights
Copyright State Historical Society of Iowa. Information at http://www.iowahistory.org/libraries/services-and-fees/conditions-for-image-reproductions.html
Digital Reproduction Information
Original scanned at 600 dpi w/ sRGB color space.
Repository
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines
Repository Collection
State Archives of Iowa: Record Group 101 (Adjutant General)
Digital item created
11/6/2008
Transcription
Davenport. His Excellency[,] Abraham Lincoln[,] Prest. U. S.[,] Washington D. C. I ask that John L. S. G. Cohoe[,] 11th Iowa Infty. under sentence of death at this point, for desertion, as John Cole or Cohoe or other name, be reprieved until papers can be furnished you in his case by his friends. N. B. Baker, Adjt. Genl. of Iowa, Feb. 13th 1865 Telegraph