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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04001 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 |
| Title | Abraham Lincoln to David Hunter with authorization to select for Government use, for War, Military, Naval, revenue, Charitable, Educational or police purposes such tracts, parcels or lots of land, within the State of South Carolina |
| Date | 10 February 1863 |
| Author | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | To Major General Hunter, Commander of the Department of the South, Brigadier General Rufus Saxton, military governor of the region including South Carolina, A. C. Smith, W. E. Wording, and William Henry Brisbane. President Lincoln authorizes these men to "select for Government use, for War, Military, Naval, revenue, Charitable, Educational or police purposes such tracts, parcels or lots of land, within the State of South Carolina, from the lands which may have been or which may hereafter be offered for sale by the Direct Tax Commissioners in said State." Authorizes the men's action based on a 7 June 1862 Act of Congress, and states that Hunter and Saxton, as well as two of the three other men, may constitute a quorum when selecting the land. Contains a stain along the left side of both pages. |
| Subjects | Civil War Government and Civics President Union Forces Land Transaction Navy Finance Taxes or Taxation Charity and Philanthropy Education Confederate States of America |
| People | Brisbane, William Henry (1806-1878) Hunter, David (1802-1886) Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Saxton, Rufus (1824-1908) Smith, A. C. (fl. 1863) Wording, W. E. (fl. 1863) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | The Rev. William Henry Brisbane was a former Southern slave owner who manumitted his slaves prior to the war and became a fervent abolitionist. In 1862, Brisbane was appointed as a tax commissioner in Beaufort, South Carolina, to supervise the sale of plantations confiscated from Confederate ownership. The 17 July 1862 Second Confiscation and Militia Act, under which these Confederate estates were appropriated, also freed slaves owned by Rebels, paving the way for their admission into the U.S. military. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |