In this telegram, William M. Fishback notified President Abraham Lincoln of Arkansas's upcoming election and asking him to "allow Military Commanders to favor the voting fully and freely."
Office U.S. Military Telegraph
War Department
The following Telegram received at Washington, 4 P.M. Feb[uary] 7 1864
From Little Rock, Ark
Dated, Jan[uary] 31, 1864
The President of the United States
We hold an election for the ratification of a free constitution adopted by the Convention which met here a short time since on the fourteenth of March next. Please issue an order to allow Military Commanders to favor the voting fully and freely.
Wm. Fishback
Col. C[ommanding] 40 [sic] Ark Cavalry
William M. Fishback to Abraham Lincoln, January 31, 1864, RG 107, Entry 34, National Archives and Records Administration
