Friday, September 16, 2011

General Fremont Issue Comes to a Head

President Lincoln's attempt to get General Fremont to change his order (he had ordered that slaves confiscated in Missouri become freemen) failed. Fremont's wife brought the president letters from her husband saying that he refused to modify his order. Lincoln wrote back to General Fremont, this time demanding that the order be rescinded.

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