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Will the Senator contend that the commissioned officers of colored regiments might be drawn from the colored troops themselves, after the passage of the law of 1862?
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Will the Senator contend that the commissioned officers of colored regiments might be drawn from the colored troops…”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner challenges the notion that colored regiments could have their officers drawn from within, questioning the implications of a specific law.
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