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Colored Infantry Civil War
Regiment Coloed Infantry
102D U.S.
" O God of battles! let Thy might
Protect our armies in the fight
Till they shall win the victory,
And set the hapless bondman free. "
War Department, Washington, July 24th, 1863. Governor, —H. Barns, Esq., of Detroit, has applied to this department for authority to raise a regiment of colored troops in your State. The department is very anxious that such regiments should be raised, and authorizes you to raise them by volunteering under the regulations of the department, a copy of which is submitted to you by the chief of the bureau, and it would be gratifying if you should give such authority to Mr. Barns. It seems to me that there has been some misunderstanding upon this subject, and I am informed that you were under the impression that the department would not authorize it.
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