Selected Correspondance of Abraham Lincoln 1863 Telegram To General Meade
by Abraham Lincoln
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, September 11, 1863.
MAJOR-GENERAL MEADE, Warrenton, Va.:
It is represented to me that Thomas Edds, in your army, is under
sentence of death for desertion, to be executed next Monday. It is
also said his supposed desertion is comprised in an absence
commencing with his falling behind last winter, being captured and
paroled by the enemy, and then going home. If this be near the
truth, please suspend the execution till further order and send in
the record of the trial.
