(CIVIL WAR) SICKLES DANIEL E Autograph Letter Signed

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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

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". . . 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 . . ."