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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Memorandum Concerning Alban B. Botsford1Jump to section

Executive Mansion, Washington, Jan. 6. 1863.

Col. Ulmann, calls with Capt. Alban B. Botsford, now of 78th. N.Y. Inftry.---both at National Hotel. Has property in Mississippi and is well acquainted in La. When time comes would like to aid in organizing blacks there.

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[1] AD, DLC-RTL. On March 2, 1863, Botsford was appointed colonel of the Seventy-eighth U.S. Colored Troops and served until September 22, 1863, when he resigned. Daniel Ullmann, colonel of the Seventy-eighth New York Infantry, was recruiting a cadre of officers to organize a brigade of Negro troops in Louisiana. See Lincoln to Banks, March 29, infra.

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