Letter to William H. Herndon
03/05/1864
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He has not been tried because in the state of military operations at the time of his arrest and since the officers to constitute a court-mar...
He was arrested and imprisoned under my general authority, and upon evidence which, whether he be guilty, or innocent, required, as appears ...
He will be allowed a trial without any unnecessary delay, the charges and specifications will be furnished him in due season, and every faci...
I deem it incompatible with the public interest, as also, perhaps, unjust to General Stone, to make a more particular statement of the evide...