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" And I further declare and make known, that such persons, of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. "
History of the American Civil War - Page 614
by John William Draper - 1868 - 570 pages
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The Southern Journey of a Civil War Marine: The Illustrated Note-Book of ...

Edward T. Cotham - Biography & Autobiography - 2009 - 224 pages
...declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions,...places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. In practice this meant that many escaped slaves were assigned to perform some of the hardest and most...
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The Emancipation Proclamation: Three Views

Harold Holzer, Edna G. Medford, Frank J. Williams - History - 2006 - 180 pages
...Union forces by authorizing men "of suitable condition" to "be received into the armed service ... to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other...and to man vessels of all sorts in said service." This provision facilitated activity that was already underway as a consequence of the Militia Act of...
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Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World

David Brion Davis - Social Science - 2006 - 464 pages
...recruitment of black soldiers and sailors, they were originally assigned the limited role of maintaining "garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places,...and to man vessels of all sorts in said service." By the spring of 1863, however, Lincoln had overcome his initial reservations about committing black...
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The Rebellion Record V8: A Diary Of American Events With Documents ...

Frank Moore - 2006 - 808 pages
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The Inner Life of Abraham Lincoln: Six M

F. B. Carpenter - History - 2006 - 360 pages
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Is God with America?

Bob Klingenberg - Christianity - 2006 - 394 pages
...faith already in Lincoln's "Emancipation Proclamation" of January 1, 1863. Said President Lincoln: "AND UPON THIS ACT, SINCERELY BELIEVED TO BE AN ACT OF JUSTICE, WARRANTED BY THE CONSTITUTION, UPON MILITARY NECESSITY, I INVOKE THE CONSIDERATE JUDGMENT OF MANKIND,...
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Of Thee I Speak: A Collection of Patriotic Quotes, Essays, and Speeches

Steven Fantina - American essays - 2006 - 254 pages
...leadership. After declaring that the slaves shall be free, he concludes with the following paragraph: "And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate 97 It would be difficult...
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The Yale Book of Quotations

Fred R. Shapiro - Reference - 2006 - 1092 pages
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The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 2, Part 1

Jefferson Davis - History - 2006 - 468 pages
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Racism the Sickness of America: Twelve Things the Negro(African-American ...

Harvey A. Branch - Social Science - 2007 - 96 pages
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