HARNED/WHITMAN 
Box 6   Folder 20 

Lincoln Material 

Notes & memoranda 

On the composition of th e
Union Army [Before 1865?]

(L.C. 65) 65  [Notes on the composition of the Union army] [Before 1865?] [2] p. on 
2 l.   20 x 12 cm.  Holograph, in ink.  
First line: "Make a fuller point that the armies were composed mainly of American 
born..." 
Mounted and bound with other material in a single volume entitled "Lincoln Material." 
(p.3-4)make a fuller 
point that the armies 
were composed [of] 
mainly of American 
born & raised men 
[The foreign ele] The New England States.  The 
West, the [N] Middle 
States, [agricultural 
New York] Michigan, 
Wisconsin agricultural New York Illinois, &c 
were all native born & made the 
[were quite making] [a] 
main bulk of the 
soldiery.  A far larger 
percentage of the Union 
soldiery than is generally 
supposed, came from the 
Southern & Border States.  
There were several whole regiments 
[*3*] from those States, and 
squads and individuals from 
them were [c] sprinkled all 
through.  There were several 
Irish and German regiments, 
mostly from the great cities; 
they did good service, -- fought 
well -- but in comparison 
with the great military 
[va] bulk=volume, they were 
only drops in the bucket.  

[*4*]