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DISCUSSING ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CIVIL WAR.) SICKLES, DANIEL E. Autograph Letter Signed, to General Badeau, concerning a quotation from Badeau in Logan's Volunteer Soldier of America, denying ever having criticized Abraham Lincoln and calling for a dictator to run the war. 2 pages, single 4to sheet. With a true copy of Badeau's reply to Sickles, denying giving the quote and stating that Logan (the author) was mistaken. New York, 26 August 1887
DISCUSSING ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CIVIL WAR.) SICKLES, DANIEL E. Autograph Letter Signed, to General Badeau, concerning a quotation from Badeau in Logan's Volunteer Soldier of America, denying ever having criticized Abraham Lincoln and calling for a dictator to run the war. 2 pages, single 4to sheet. With a true copy of Badeau's reply to Sickles, denying giving the quote and stating that Logan (the author) was mistaken. New York, 26 August 1887
- Notes: "... In '64 I was strongly advocating the renomination & reelection of Abraham Lincoln. My relations with him were intimate and confidential during that year. I made speeches for him in New York, Chicago, Detroit & elsewhere in the summer & Autumn of 64 claiming that his reelection would do as much as a successful campaign in putting down the rebellion because it would be a declaration of the people..."
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