Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 [Regarding African American troops in Missouri]

GLC03096

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GLC#
GLC03096
Type
Documents
Date
December 24, 1863
Author/Creator
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Title
[Regarding African American troops in Missouri]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 10.2 cm, Width: 8.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

President Lincoln states that commissioners are "to appraise negroes in Missouri." Mentions that he was previously unaware of General Order No. 135 issued in mid-November 1863 by General John McAllister Schofield, in command of the Department of Missouri. That order had authorized the enlistment of enslaved people, without consent of their owners, and with compensation promised to loyalist slaveholders.

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