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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Endorsement: James Cooper to Lincoln1Jump to section

June 8, 1861

I can only say that if the War Department can receive this Regiment, I have no objection. I can not take upon my self personally the charge of providing them. A. LINCOLN

June 8, 1861

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[1] AES, RPB. Lincoln's endorsement is on the envelope of Brigadier General Cooper's letter, Camp Carroll, Maryland, June 7, 1861, asking Lincoln's intervention with the War Department to secure acceptance of the Second Maryland Regiment, raised by Captain J. P. Creager without proper authority from the War Department. Below Lincoln's endorsement Montgomery Blair wrote, ``I can not understand why there shd be any trouble. The War Dept has called for volunteers from Md for the war & those proposed do not exceed the number called for as I understand it.'' Some of the companies of the Second Maryland Regiment were accepted in June and the rest in September, 1861.

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