President Lincoln quickly rescinded it, reserving this "supposed power" to his own discretion if it were indispensible to saving the Union, and declaring Abolition to be outside the police functions of field commanders.
Abolition was to be outside the police functions of field commanders. President Lincoln quickly rescinded it, reserving this "supposed power" to his own discretion if it were indispensible to saving the Union.
President Lincoln quickly rescinded it, reserving this "supposed power" to his own discretion if it were indispensible to saving the Union. Abolition was to be outside the police functions of field commanders.
President Lincoln quickly rescinded it, reserving this "supposed power" to his own discretion if it were indispensible to saving the Union. Abolition was to be outside the police functions of field commanders.