The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. VI (Chap. 2.168) lyrics
by Abraham Lincoln
Telegram To General Burnside.
War Department, Washington, D. C., July 3, 1863
MAJOR-GENERAL BURNSIDE, Cincinnati, Ohio:
Private Downey, of the Twentieth or Twenty-sixth Kentucky Infantry, is said to have been sentenced to be shot for desertion to-day. If so, respite the execution until I can see the record.
A. LINCOLN.