By the end of 1863, at Lincoln's direction, General Lorenzo Thomas "had enrolled twenty regiments of African Americans" from the Mississippi Valley.
baɪ ðɪ ˈɛnd ʌv wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti θɹˈiː, æt lˈɪŋkənz dᵻɹˈɛkʃən, dʒˈɛnɚɹəl lɔːɹˈɛnzoʊ tˈɑːməs "hæd ɛnɹˈoʊld twˈɛnti ɹˈɛdʒɪmənts ʌv ˈæfɹɪkən ɐmˈɛɹɪkənz" fɹʌmðə mˌɪsɪsˈɪpi vˈæli.