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[1] AES, NHi. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a received telegram from General Burnside, June 17, 1863, ``The twenty seventh (27) Regt New Jersey Vols whose time expires on the 19. inst has been ordered home by me from the interior of Kentucky. They are now here. They are willing to volunteer their services during the present emergency & I have ordered them to report to Gen Brooks at Pittsburg Do you approve of the acceptance.''
The Twenty-seventh New Jersey remained in the vicinity of Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for ten days before proceeding to Newark, where it was mustered out of service on July 2.