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A recommendation letter was sent to President Abraham Lincoln from Fort Randall, Dakota territory by Major John Potter (Palter). Major Potter was an officer of the 41^st Iowa Volunteer Infantry (originally part of the 14^th Iowa Vol. Inf.).

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Music of Lincoln's time:

	American music of the Period	Lincoln's favorite music*
1820	The Missouri Harmony A collection of psalm tunes, hymns and anthems.	Dixie La Marseillaise
1820	Anthony Philip Heinrich, "The Dawning of Music in Kentucky", and other romantic symphonies, songs and piano pieces.	Twenty Years Ago Home, Sweet Home (lyrics)
1840s	Daniel Decatur "Dan" Emmett, songs for the Virginia Minstrels, 1844/46, "Blue Tail Fly" (Pete Seeger's version)	The Battle Cry of Freedom Ben Bolt (lyrics)
1840-50s	Stephen Collins Foster, songs for the Christy Minstrels, 1848 "Oh! Susanna"; 1850 "Camptown Races"	The Sword of Bunker Hill The Lament of the Irish Emigrant (lyrics)
1840-50s	Louis Moreau Gottschalk, New Orleans, a pianist and composer, 1844-45, "La Bamboula"; 1855 "Le Banjo"	Your Mission Soldiers' Chorus from "Faust" by Gounod
1845	William Henry Fry, opera "Leonora", 1850-60s, four symphonies
1855	George Frederick Bristow, opera Rip Van Winkle, An original American grand opera in three acts.
	Civil War
1861	Julia Ward Howe, "Battle Hymn of the Republic", to the music of the "John Brown's Body" song
1862	James Sloan Gibbons, "We Are Coming Father Abraham".
1861–65	"Going Home", "All Quiet Along The Potomac"	* based on Abraham Lincoln and Music ** mp3, midi and YouTube video formats

Abraham Lincoln, lawyer:

	Selected cases	The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln
1840	Bailey v. Cromwell	Abraham Lincoln defended the freedom of a slave, Nance, in the Supreme Court in 1840.
1847	Matson v. Ashmore et. al. for the use of Bryant	Abraham Lincoln defended the rights of a slaveholder, Robert Matson, who brought a Kentucky slave to Illinois.
1849	John Wright v. Robert T. M'Neely
1851	Barret v. Alton and Sangamon Railroad	Abraham Lincoln represented the Alton & Sangamon Railroad in a dispute with a shareholder, James A. Barret.
1854	The Illinois Central Railroad Company v. the County of McLean
1857	Hurd v. the Rock Island Bridge Company	A. Lincoln represented the Rock Island Bridge Company, he argued that the steamboat Effie Afton operators had acted incompetently before the ship sank.
1858	People v. Armstrong	Abraham Lincoln defended William "Duff" Armstrong, who had been charged with murder.