LINCOLN, Abraham. Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln"), as President, to Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott, Washington, 16 September 1861. 1½ pages, 8vo, blank integral, with recipient's docket and autograph endorsement signed of E. D. Townsend on verso .
LINCOLN, Abraham. Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln"), as President, to Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott, Washington, 16 September 1861. 1½ pages, 8vo, blank integral, with recipient's docket and autograph endorsement signed of E. D. Townsend on verso . LINCOLN TRIES TO RAISE A UNION REGIMENT--"EVEN A COMPANY"--IN NORTH CAROLINA Eager to capitalize on the first Union victory in the war, Lincoln sets out his plans for installing a Union regiment composed of loyal North Carolinians at recently seized Fort Hatteras. "Since conversing with you," he tells Scott, "I have concluded to request you to frame an order for recruiting North Carolinians at Fort Hatteras. I suggest it be so framed as for us to accept a smaller force--even a company--if we cannot get a Regiment, or more. What is necessary to now say about officers, you will judge. Gov. Seward says he has a nephew (Clarence A. Seward, I believe) who would be willing to go & play Colonel & assist in raising the force. Still, it is to be considered whether the North Carolinians will not prefer officers of their own. I should expect they would." Union forces took control of the Fort (along with Fort Clark) on 29 August in the Battle of the Hatteras Inlet Batteries. This success was a welcome contrast to the debacle of Bull Run in July, and Lincoln hoped to tap into the pro-Union sentiment in the state, which was far from negligible. North Carolina was the next to last state to secede, five full months after precipitous South Carolina, and only did so after Lincoln called for troops. On 17 September the War Department issued a general order calling for North Carolina recruits, not to exceed one company, and Clarence Seward did not command. He remained a Colonel in the New York Infantry. Not until General Burnside began operations in North Carolina in the spring of 1862 did the 1st North Carolina Regiment come into existence. After 1863 four regiments of black troops were formed in the state, along with three additional white regiments. Published in Basler 4:525.
LINCOLN, Abraham. Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln"), as President, to Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott, Washington, 16 September 1861. 1½ pages, 8vo, blank integral, with recipient's docket and autograph endorsement signed of E. D. Townsend on verso .
LINCOLN, Abraham. Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln"), as President, to Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott, Washington, 16 September 1861. 1½ pages, 8vo, blank integral, with recipient's docket and autograph endorsement signed of E. D. Townsend on verso . LINCOLN TRIES TO RAISE A UNION REGIMENT--"EVEN A COMPANY"--IN NORTH CAROLINA Eager to capitalize on the first Union victory in the war, Lincoln sets out his plans for installing a Union regiment composed of loyal North Carolinians at recently seized Fort Hatteras. "Since conversing with you," he tells Scott, "I have concluded to request you to frame an order for recruiting North Carolinians at Fort Hatteras. I suggest it be so framed as for us to accept a smaller force--even a company--if we cannot get a Regiment, or more. What is necessary to now say about officers, you will judge. Gov. Seward says he has a nephew (Clarence A. Seward, I believe) who would be willing to go & play Colonel & assist in raising the force. Still, it is to be considered whether the North Carolinians will not prefer officers of their own. I should expect they would." Union forces took control of the Fort (along with Fort Clark) on 29 August in the Battle of the Hatteras Inlet Batteries. This success was a welcome contrast to the debacle of Bull Run in July, and Lincoln hoped to tap into the pro-Union sentiment in the state, which was far from negligible. North Carolina was the next to last state to secede, five full months after precipitous South Carolina, and only did so after Lincoln called for troops. On 17 September the War Department issued a general order calling for North Carolina recruits, not to exceed one company, and Clarence Seward did not command. He remained a Colonel in the New York Infantry. Not until General Burnside began operations in North Carolina in the spring of 1862 did the 1st North Carolina Regiment come into existence. After 1863 four regiments of black troops were formed in the state, along with three additional white regiments. Published in Basler 4:525.
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