Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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To Robert C. Schenck1Jump to section

Major Gen. Schenck. Washington, D.C.,
Baltimore Md July 4. 9./20 1863

Your despatches about negro regiment are not uninteresting or unnoticed by us, but we have not been quite ready to respond. You will have an answer to-morrow. A. LINCOLN

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[1] ALS, RPB. General Schenck had telegraphed Lincoln on June 30 that he had ``four thousand able bodied Negroes at work on fortifications. . . . I sent papers ten days ago urging and recommending a proposition to create from among them a regt. of Sappers & Miners.'' (DLC-RTL). On July 4, Schenck telegraphed again (received 8:40 P.M.), ``to suggest that somebody . . . be authorized to accept the services of . . . these blacks, who are now willing to be enrolled. . . .'' (OR, I, XXVII, III, 528). On July 6, Secretary Stanton telegraphed Schenck, ``The chief of Bureau for Organizing Colored Troops will issue an order for organizing a regiment in your department. . . .'' (OR, III, III, 470-71).

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