Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 [Regarding African American troops in Missouri]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03096 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph endorsement signed Date: 24 December 1863 Pagination: 1 p. ; 10.2 x 8.5 cm. Order a Copy
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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