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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: Containing the events from the ... - Page 614
by John William Draper - 1868
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Life of Abraham Lincoln: For the Young Man and the Sabbath School

William Cunningham Gray - 1868 - 214 pages
...make known, that §uch persons, of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States, to garrison forts, positions, stations,...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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A. Lincoln, Esquire: A Shrewd, Sophisticated Lawyer in His Time

Allen D. Spiegel - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 414 pages
...suitable condition, will be received into the armed services of the United States to garrison and defend forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service." A lengthy, mainly favorable, New York Times editorial eight days later debated the pros and cons of...
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Our Documents: 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives

United States. National Archives and Records Administration - History - 2006 - 257 pages
...make known, that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations,...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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Edward A. Wild and the African Brigade in the Civil War

Frances Harding Casstevens - History - 2003 - 344 pages
...guaranteed that "such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations,...other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service."3 This was the key to allowing blacks to serve in the United States armed forces. Lincoln's...
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"All Cut to Pieces and Gone to Hell": The Civil War, Race Relations, and the ...

Mark K. Christ - History - 2003 - 156 pages
...allowed that "such persons, of suitable condition, will be received into the armed services of the United States, to garrison forts, positions, stations,...other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said services." At Fort Scott, Kansas, on January 1, 1863, Captain William D. Matthews, Company D, First...
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Black Union Soldiers in the Civil War

Hondon B. Hargrove - History - 2003 - 274 pages
...of military necessity as the justification for the Emancipation Proclamation. suitable condition ... to garrison forts, positions, stations^ and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in [the armed service]," it gave no indication that it was contemplated that black men would be formed...
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One Lord, Many Ministries

Gregory S. Faust - Religion - 2003 - 194 pages
...persons held as slaves within any State .............. shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; 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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Abraham Lincoln and a Nation Worth Fighting for

History - 2003 - 260 pages
...the Declaration of Independence — except for the final paragraph, adapted from Chase, which read, "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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Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America

Allen C. Guelzo - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 374 pages
...make known, that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations,...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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Into the Land of Freedom: African Americans in Reconstruction

Meg Greene - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2004 - 124 pages
...make known, that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations,...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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