Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 7 [Nov. 5, 1863-Sept. 12, 1864].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 7 [Nov. 5, 1863-Sept. 12, 1864].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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Remarks to One Hundred Thirtieth Ohio Regiment1Jump to section

June 11, 1864

Soldiers, I understand you have just come from Ohio---come to help us in this the nation's day of trials, and also of its hopes. I thank you for your promptness in responding to the call for troops. Your services were never needed more than now. I know not where you are going. You may stay here and take the places of others who will be sent to the front; or you may go there yourselves. Wherever you go I know you will do your best. Again I thank you. Good-by.

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[1] New York Tribune, June 13, 1864. ``The 130th Ohio, 100-day troops, having in its ranks lawyers, clergymen, some of the best men in the State---many of

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them taxed upon a hundred thousand dollars and upward, voted yesterday unanimously to go to the front and fight, and then marched to the White House to see and hear Mr. Lincoln.'' (Ibid.).