is shown in this cruel sentence...In 1863, General J. Egbert Farnum defended Revere's reputation in a letter, concluding with, "[F]or the careless and inconsiderate slanders that have been circulated [in New York City newspapers], affecting you as a brave man, and an honorable soldier, I am with you responsible." 7 others signed the letter endorsing Farnum's testament. In 1864, J. H. Eastburn's Press in Boston published Revere's second pamphlet titled "A Review of the case of Brigadier-Gen. Joseph W. Revere, U.S. Volunteers, tried by court-martial and dismissed from the service of the United States, August 10, 1863." The pamphlet is written in third-person and does not specify its author, but it is nevertheless credited to Revere. In the pamphlet's conclusion, the author uses Socratic questioning to imply that Joseph Hooker made larger mistakes than Revere without repercussions, and the last line invokes a quote from Act II Scene II of Shakespeare's 1604 play, Measure for Measure:Why should charges be preferred against Revere for "neglect of duty, &c.," in leaving on the field the arms of the killed and wounded, and wasting ammunition fired at the enemy by his command, and why should Hooker get off unscathed, after having, the very next day, ingloriously abandoned the same field, in presence of an inferior force of rebels, in opposition to all his generals in , except the of these proceedings, leaving not only arms, equipments, and ammunition, but immense stores of all kinds for Lee's especial delectation, and his wounded to the care of the rebel surgeons? Is the typical sword of military justice two edged and cutting both ways, or does say truly - "That in the officer's but a word, / Which in the soldier is rank heresy." ?In 1864, Revere's supporters submitted letters and petitions to Lincoln, urging him to undo the dishonorable court-martial. These included Nehemiah Perry, George Middleton, and William G. Steele; they sent a petition on January 29, 1864 stating they felt "the judgement of the court martial in the case of Brig. Gen. Revere, has been rendered upon a mistaken state of facts and that the service of the government would be greatly advanced by his reinstatement into the service." In January 1865, he wrote a pamphlet titled "Sequel to the Statement," presumably a sequel to his 1863 pamphlet. President Abraham Lincoln overturned the court's ruling and reinstated Revere but accepted Revere's resignation at the