{"id":958,"date":"2013-06-29T12:14:52","date_gmt":"2013-06-29T12:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/lincoln\/?p=958"},"modified":"2016-06-19T01:44:15","modified_gmt":"2016-06-19T01:44:15","slug":"letter-to-lorenzo-thomas-november-7-1861","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/lincoln\/letter-to-lorenzo-thomas-november-7-1861\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to Lorenzo Thomas (November 7, 1861)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ranking<\/strong><\/h3>\n

#58<\/span> on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents<\/em><\/p>\n

Annotated Transcript<\/h3>\n

“First. We need all the educated military talent we can get.”<\/a><\/p>\n

On This Date<\/h3>\n

HD Daily Report, November 7, 1861<\/a><\/p>\n

The Lincoln Log, November 7, 1861<\/a><\/p>\n

Custom Map<\/h3>\n

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NOTE TO READERS<\/h3>\n

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Executive Mansion<\/span><\/div>\n
Washington, November 7, 1861<\/span><\/div>\n
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Adjut. Genl. Thomas:<\/span><\/div>\n
Sir:<\/span><\/div>\n
Capt. Gurden Chapin, who was dismissed from the Army on the discovery of a letter written by him promising his father to resign and join the South, at a certain time and place, presets himself, and asks to be re-instated. \u00a0He asks this, because he did not resign at the time promised, having already determined to not do so; and has since done good service, and been under fire on one occasion.<\/span><\/div>\n
My view of all this class of cases is:<\/span><\/div>\n
First. We need all educate military talent we can get.<\/span><\/div>\n
Second. It [is] our interest to have as little of it as possible go to the enemy.<\/span><\/div>\n
Third. \u00a0That officers (and especially young ones, as Capt. Chapin is) who have been dismissed, even on good cause prima facie, and who still cling to us, protest their loyalty and refuse to take service under the enemy, as a general rule may safely be trusted. \u00a0Examine his case, & if you are willing for him to be restored, so am I.<\/span><\/div>\n
A. Lincoln<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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