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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04437 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Presidential pardon of Charles Wallace who had abandoned his regiment in the Dakota Territory in October 1856 |
| Date | 6 August 1862 |
| Author | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Document Type | Government document; Legal document |
| Content Description | Abraham Lincoln's 6 August 1862 pardon of Charles Wallace is on the verso of a letter to him from Dakota Territory representative J. B. S. Todd in Washington, D.C. dated 3 August 1862, which said he enclosed a letter to Lincoln from Obed Foote of Yanktown, Dakota Territory (Foote letter is lacking). Wallace would be pardoned on condition that he return to his regiment. Also on the verso is an endorsement by military surgeon Justus Townsend, dated 20 November 1862, stating that he has found Wallace unfit for military duty because of an injured hand that likely will require amputation, and a order for discharge from Adjutant General Edward D. Townsend, dated January 17. |
| Subjects | Pardon Military History Law Desertion Westward Expansion Health and Medical Injury or Wound Frontiers and Exploration President |
| People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Todd, John Blair Smith (1814-1872) Foote, Obed (fl. 1862) Townsend, Justus (fl. 1862) Townsend, Edward Davis (1817-1893) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; The Presidency; Law |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Lincoln's note is dated 6 August 1862. The last document on the document, initialed by Edward Townsend, is dated January 17, [1863]. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |