Abraham Lincoln - The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. V (Chap. 4.130) lyrics

To General Scott Washington, D.C., September 16, 1861 DEAR SIR:—Since conversing with you I have concluded to request you to frame an order for recruiting North Carolinians at Fort Hatteras. I suggest it to be so framed as for us to accept a smaller force—even a company—if we cannot get a regiment or more. What is necessary to now say about officers you will judge. Governor Seward says he has a nephew (Clarence A. Seward, I believe) who would be willing to go and play colonel and a**ist in raising the force. Still it is to be considered whether the North Carolinians will not prefer officers of their own. I should expect they would. Yours very truly, A. LINCOLN.