Letter from Bernhard Behrend to President Abraham Lincoln, published in The Occident, November 1862
Title
Letter from Bernhard Behrend to President Abraham Lincoln, published in The Occident, November 1862
Description
Bernhard Behrend wrote this letter to the Jewish periodical The Occident, asking that Jewish soldiers receive leave to attend religious services, a right afforded to Christian soldiers.
Source
Library of Congress
Citation
“Letter from Bernhard Behrend to President Abraham Lincoln, published in The Occident, November 1862,” Jewish Life in Mr. Lincoln’s City, accessed May 25, 2013, http://www.jhsgw.org/exhibitions/online/lincolns-city/items/show/58.