Abraham Lincoln — The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. VI Chap. 2.168

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.