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Looking upon these many people assembled here to serve , as they best may , the soldiers of the Union , it occurs at once that three years ago the same soldiers could not so much as pass through Baltimore . The change from then till now ...
Looking upon these many people assembled here to serve , as they best may , the soldiers of the Union , it occurs at once that three years ago the same soldiers could not so much as pass through Baltimore . The change from then till now ...
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in the west end of Tennessee , on the Mississippi River , of some three hundred colored soldiers and white officers ... There seems to be some anxiety in the public mind whether the government is doing its duty to the colored soldier ...
in the west end of Tennessee , on the Mississippi River , of some three hundred colored soldiers and white officers ... There seems to be some anxiety in the public mind whether the government is doing its duty to the colored soldier ...
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... you for the part you have taken in this struggle for the life of the nation . You are soldiers of the republic , everywhere honored and respected . Whenever I appear before a body of soldiers [ 236 ] Address to the 148th Ohio Regiment.
... you for the part you have taken in this struggle for the life of the nation . You are soldiers of the republic , everywhere honored and respected . Whenever I appear before a body of soldiers [ 236 ] Address to the 148th Ohio Regiment.
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Contents
POSTMASTER LAWYER REPRESENTATIVE OF | 1 |
To William H Herndon | 16 |
To Stephen A Douglas | 55 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
| Author | Abraham Lincoln |
| Editor | H. Jack Lang |
| Publisher | Greenberg, 1941 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 17 Nov 2010 |
| Length | 265 pages |
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