Abraham Lincoln
The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. VII (Chap. 1.14)
Telegram To General Meade.
Executive, Mansion Washington, D. C., November 5, 1863.

MAJOR-GENERAL MEADE, Army of Potomac:

Please suspend the execution of Samuel Wellers, Forty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers, until further orders.

A. LINCOLN.