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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Memorandum: John Wilson's Regiment1Jump to section

Let Mr. Wilson bring the Regiment in 40 hours, or if need be, in a few hours more. A. LINCOLN

July 22, 1861

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[1] AES, owned by S. H. McVitty, Salem, Virginia. Lincoln's endorsement is written on the back of a letter from Wilson, Washington, July 22, 1861, offering `` . . . the services of my head and hands, for any duty in which you may wish to employ me. . . . On the 6th. I tendered the services of an efficient Regt. from Chicago---they are ready---& could reach here in 40 hours. . . . '' Of several persons bearing the name ``John Wilson'' who may have been Lincoln's correspondent in this instance the best probability seems to be the John Wilson who was land agent of the Illinois Central Railroad in Chicago. A letter from Simon Cameron to Colonel Charles Knobelsdorf of Chicago, July 22, 1861, accepting the North Western Rifle Regiment, later the Forty-fourth Illinois Infantry, suggests that this may be the regiment equipped by Wilson (Chicago Tribune, July 24, 1861).

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