To Pres Lincoln From RH Milroy April 26 1864

              Rensselaer, Ind 

 Apl 26th 1864 


 
 
His Excellency 

     Abraham Lincoln 

            President of the U.S. 


 
                                                      Sir, 


 
                                                           I hereby  
respectfully tender my resignationas Maj General 
 of Volunteers, and ask that its  acceptance  
may be immediateand unconditional, for  
the following reasons to-wit: 


1st  Ten months ago I was suspended 
from command in front of the enemy  
and placed in arrest like a criminal.  


 No Justification for this humiliation 
 and wrong could be ascertained by the closest 
 scrutiny of a  Court of Inquiry as was decided  
by your Excellency, but no reparation has 
 been afforded and the wrong then done me, has 
been continued and aggravated by keeping me 
 in exile from duty. 


2nd  While retaining my commission and  
restrained by official position I can 
publish nothing in defence of my 
 conduct, and against the imputation and suspicion 
 cast on me of ignominious arrest.