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Book/Printed Material Letter of the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 4th ultimo, copies of all instructions given to commanding generals in pursuance of the acts of Congress approved August 6, 1861, setting free slaves who have been employed, by the consent of their masters, against the government of the United States. July 10, 1862. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 37-67

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Title

  • Letter of the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 4th ultimo, copies of all instructions given to commanding generals in pursuance of the acts of Congress approved August 6, 1861, setting free slaves who have been employed, by the consent of their masters, against the government of the United States. July 10, 1862. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed

Other Title

  • Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 37-67

Names

  • United States Congress. Senate
  • United States. Government Publishing Office, publisher, distributor
  • United States. Congress. Senate, author
  • United States. War Department

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1862.

Headings

  • -  United States.--Armed Forces.--Officials and employees
  • -  Civil rights
  • -  Liberty
  • -  Smuggling
  • -  Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
  • -  Ethics
  • -  Freedmen
  • -  Fugitive slaves
  • -  Law enforcement
  • -  Military occupation
  • -  Military policy
  • -  Military orders
  • -  Plantation owners
  • -  Plantations
  • -  Recruiting and enlistment
  • -  Slaveholders
  • -  Slaves
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Genre

  • Government publication
  • Legislative materials

Medium

  • 1 online resource (12 pages).

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • Y 1.37/2:67
  • Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 1123

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024798944

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, Publisher United States Government Publishing Office, Author United States Congress. Senate, and United States War Department. Letter of the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 4th ultimo, copies of all instructions given to commanding generals in pursuance of the acts of Congress approved August 6, 1861, setting free slaves who have been employed, by the consent of their masters, against the government of the United States . -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1862] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024798944/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, United States Government Publishing Office, P., United States Congress. Senate, A. & United States War Department. (1862) Letter of the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 4th ultimo, copies of all instructions given to commanding generals in pursuance of the acts of Congress approved August 6, 1861, setting free slaves who have been employed, by the consent of their masters, against the government of the United States . -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024798944/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, et al. Letter of the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 4th ultimo, copies of all instructions given to commanding generals in pursuance of the acts of Congress approved August 6, 1861, setting free slaves who have been employed, by the consent of their masters, against the government of the United States . -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1862] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024798944/>.