- GLC#
- GLC05809
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 11 April 1864
- Author/Creator
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Title
- to Edwin McMasters Stanton
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 5 cm, Width: 8.5 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
President Lincoln sends a colored man to advise the Secretary of War, Stanton, on the organization of colored troops in the army. Instructs Stanton to "see [L.H.?] Putnam, whom you will find a very intelligent colored man, and who wishes to talk about our colored forces, their organization ... " Written on a small card.
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