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Confederate States of America. Congress Amendment to the negro soldier bill

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08472 Author/Creator: Confederate States of America. Congress Place Written: s.l. Type: Printed document Date: February 14, 1865 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 15.7 cm Order a Copy

Invests the Confederate General-in-Chief with the power to call slaves in to military service. States that clothing and rations will be provided to slaves impressed or voluntarily offered for service by their owner. States "By Mr. Swan" (likely Confederate Congressman William Graham Swan). Contains a Rebel Archives stamp. Possibly created in Richmond, Virginia.

Confederate States of America, 1860-1870
Swan, William Graham, 1861-1864

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