Selected Correspondance of Abraham Lincoln 1865 Telegram To Lieutenant-Colonel Glenn
by Abraham Lincoln
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, February 7, 1865.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL GLENN,
Commanding Post at Henderson, Ky.:
Complaint is made to me that you are forcing negroes into the
military service, and even torturing them--riding them on rails and
the like to extort their consent. I hope this may be a mistake. The
like must not be done by you, or any one under you. You must not
force negroes any more than white men. Answer me on this.
