Abraham Lincoln said...
I most cordially recommend that Lieutenant William B. Cushing, United States Navy, receive a vote of thanks from Congress for his important, gallant, and perilous achievement in destroying the rebel ironclad steamer Albemarle on the night of the 27th of October, 1864, at Plymouth, N. C.
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Message to Congress Recommening a Vote of Thanks for Lieutenant William B. Cushing
12/04/1864