Robert J. Breckinridge to Abraham Lincoln

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Robert J. Breckinridge to Abraham Lincoln

Breckinridge penned this letter to Abraham Lincoln on November 25, 1861, seeking a military commision for his son, Joseph Cabell Breckinridge. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

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Historical Marker #2277 notes Lexington's First Presbyterian Church and one nineteenth century pastor, the Reverend Robert J. Breckinridge. During the Civil War, Kentucky Presbyterian minister Robert J. Breckinridge was an important advisor…