BS says: “9th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. accepted for service Aug 1, 1861. Raised by former Ohio Congressman J.R. Giddings. He was an avid abolitionist, ex Free Soiler and a Republican. Giddings supposedly queried each man volunteering for the regiment their views on abolition of slavery. If they didn’t match his, they were not allows to enlist in the 29th. The Regiment was also dubbed the Abolition Regiment.”
BS says: “never once have I ever made a statement that the war was fought to free the slaves.”
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