Selected Correspondance of Abraham Lincoln 1863 Instruction To The Judge-Advocate-General
by Abraham Lincoln
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON CITY,
January 12, 1863.
The Judge-Advocate-General is instructed to revise the proceedings of
the court-martial in the case of Major-General Fitz-John Porter, and
to report fully upon any legal questions that may have arisen in
them, and upon the bearing of the testimony in reference to the
charges and specifications exhibited against the accused, and upon
which he was tried.
