Lot 116
Lincoln, Abraham. War-date Autograph Letter Signed "A. Lincoln" as President, one page, 8" x 5", Executive Mansion, 2 Aug. 1861. Very good; toning from a previous matte. Addressed to the Secretary of War [the infamously corrupt Simon Cameron who served as Lincoln's Secretary of War from 1861-62, until Lincoln appointed him minister to Russia to get rid of him], Lincoln writes, "Let Elias Nigh be an Assistant Quarter Master of Volunteers (of Brigade) with rank of Captain." Nigh, an Ohio native, was duly appointed as of August 5, 1861. He was discharged in March of 1863 in order to enter the Quartermaster department of the regular Army, and resigned in July 1864. He was Chief Quartermaster for General Don Carlos Buell in 1862 at the time of Confederate General Braxton Bragg's invasion of Kentucky, and later was Chief Quartermaster of General Stephen Hurlbut's 16th Corps.
Estimated Value $15,000 - 20,000.
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