Letter
Unknown to Thomas West Sherman, February 12, 1862
Washington, February 12, 1862.
Brig. Gen. THOMAS W. SHERMAN, U. S. A., Commanding, &c., Port Royal, S. C.: SIR: The General-in-Chief directs that you send about 300 or 400 eontrabands to Key West, to be employed on the publie works there.
I am, &c. PR d L. THOMAS, Adjutant- General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, 1861–62. Location: Washington. Summary: The General-in-Chief orders Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Sherman to send 300 to 400 escaped enslaved people to Key West for labor on public works in 1862.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 6
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