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Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) [Lincoln note on military forces].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01739 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Autograph note signed Date: 4 May 1861 Pagination: 1 p. 9 x 8 cm Order a Copy

Recommends a division be admitted to the new corps of volunteers.

Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. IV 1860 - 1861,
p. 355

I recommend that the Division named within be admitted into the new corps of volunteers just called for.

May 4. 1861. A. Lincoln

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