Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 4 [Mar. 5, 1860-Oct. 24, 1861].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 4 [Mar. 5, 1860-Oct. 24, 1861].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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[1] ALS, IHi. Colonel William F. Small's regiment was the Twenty-sixth Pennsylvania, organized shortly after Lincoln's election in 1860, accepted April 18, 1861, to report to Washington through Baltimore. Attacked by the mob at Baltimore, the regiment returned to Philadelphia. Maintained by private funds from April 20 to May 25, it was ordered into federal service with the muster dating back to May 5.