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Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton wrote to Brig. Gen. George F. Shepley, military governor of Louisiana, enclosing a copy of orders given to Brig. Gen. Daniel Ullmann to raise "as speedily as possible as large a force of colored volunteers as can be raised within the State of Louisiana."
He asked Shepley to furnish whatever aid he could to Ullmann.
Ullmann, a Yale graduate and a lawyer, was an advocate of black troops for the Union army.
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About This Item
- Title: Secretary of War letter on black troops, 1863
- Creator: Edwin M. Stanton
- Creation Date: 1863-03-25
- Subject Date: 1863
- Location: New Orleans, LA
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 24.8 cm x 20 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 117, Box 3/1
- Collection: George Foster Shepley papers
- Object Type: Text
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- Military service, Voluntary
- United States--Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 12th (1861-1864)
- Recruiting & enlistment--1860-1870
- Military service--1860-1870
- Freedmen--Louisiana--New Orleans
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