Creator
Edwin Stanton
Title
Letter of the Secretary of War...
Coverage
Washington
Publisher
Government Printing Office
Date
1864
Description
While appearing to be a mundane piece of correspondence, this document discusses the emancipation of enslaved people on a train in Missouri by soldiers of the 9th Minnesota Infantry. Unfortunately, Missouri was not under the coverage of the Emancipation Proclamation and the liberation was undone. This caused an uproar in the Senate and require Secretary of War Stanton to report on the incident with this letter.
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