The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2. Page: 201
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UNION AUTHORITIES.
now I believe I could substantially close the war in two weeks. But
time is everything, and if I get 50,000 new men in a month I shall
have lost 20,000 old ones during the same month, having gained only
30,000, with the difference between old and new troops still against
me. The quicker you send the fewer you will have to send. Time
is everything. Please act in view of this. The enemy having given
up Corinth, it is not wonderful that he is thereby enabled to check us
for a time at Richmond.
Yours, truly,
A. LINCOLN.
(Same to Governors Berry, Concord, N. H.; IIolbrook, Brattlebor-
ough, Vt.; Buckingham, Hartford, Conn.; Andrew, Boston, Mass.;
Sprague, Providence, R. I.; Morgan, Albany, N. Y.; Curtin, Har-
risburg, Pa.; Olden, Trenton, N. J.; Tod, Columbus, Ohio; Morton,
Indianapolis, Ind.; Yates, Springfield, Ill.; Ramsey, Saint Paul,
Minn.; Blair, Lansing, Mich.; Salomon, Madison, Wis., and Kirk-
wood, Davenport, Iowa.)
NEW HAVEN, July 3, 1862.
President LINCOLN:
I will spare no effort to raise men, but fear I [can] do little to meet
immediate necessity.
WM. A. BUCKINGHAM,
Governor.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., July 3, 1862.
Hon. E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War:
We have 1,600 three-months' men guarding rebel prisoners. These
prisoners can be distributed among the prison camps in Illinois
and Ohio, I am informed, without requiring additional guards.
If this is done, these troops, who are in good condition, having nearly
three months to serve, can be sent East. Do you want thirteen regi-
ments from Indiana? If so, I will strain every nerve to furnish
them at earliest moment. Please answer immediately. I am now
raising five regiments, but the work tardy. I think I can raise fifteen
sooner on a new system.
O. P. MORTON,
Governor.
PORTLAND, July 3, 1862.
E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War:
Have President's telegram. Recruiting for three years is terribly
hard. Shall be obliged to resort to drafting unless I can be author-
ized to take volunteers for three or six months. Will do the best
possible.
I. WASIIBURN, JR.201
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2., book, 1899; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139264/m1/210/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.