The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2. Page: 208
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CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D. C., July 7, 1862.
Hon. E. D. MORGAN,
Governor of New York, Albany :
You are requested to raise as soon as practicable for the U. S.
service, for three years or during the war, twenty-eight regiments
of volunteer infantry, being a part of your quota under the call of
the President.
By order of the Secretary of War:
C. P. BUCKINGHAM,
Brigadier- General and Assistant Adjutant- General.
(Similar dispatch to Hon. Charles S. Olden, Governor of New Jer-
sey, Trenton, N. J., calling for five regiments; to Hon. Andrew G.
Curtin, Governor of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pa., calling for
twenty-one regiments; to Hon. William Burton, Governor of Dela-
ware, Dover, I)el., calling for one regiment; to Hon. A. W. Bradford,
Governor of Maryland, Annapolis, Md., calling for four regiments;
to Hon. F. H. Peirpoint, Governor of Virginia, Wheeling, Va., call-
ing for two regiments; to Hon. David Tod, Governor of Ohio, Colum-
bus, Ohio, calling for seventeen regiments; to lion. O. P. Morton,
Governor of Indiana, Indianapolis, Ind., calling for nine regiments;
to HIon. Israel Washburn, Governor of Maine, Augusta, Me., calling
for five regiments; to Hon. Nathaniel S. Berry, Governor of New
Hampshire, Concord, N. II., calling for two regiments; to lion. Fred-
erick Holbrook, Governor of Vermont, Brattleborough, Vt., calling
for two regiments; to Hion. John A. Andrew, Governor of Massa-
chusetts, Boston, Mass., calling for twelve regiments; to Hon. William
Sprague, Governor of Rhode Island, Providence, R. I., calling for one
regiment; to IIon. William A. Buckingham, Governor of Connecticut,
New Haven, Conn., calling for five regiments; to Hon. Richard Yates,
Governor of Illinois, Springfield, Ill., calling for nine regiments; to
Hon. Austin Blair, Governor of Michigan, Detroit, Mich., calling for
six regiments; to Hon. Edward Salomon, Governor of Wisconsin,
Madison, Wis., calling for five regiments; to General J. W. Finnell,
adjutant-general of Kentucky, Frankfort, Ky., calling for four regi-
ments; to Hon. Samuel J. Kirkwood, Governor of Iowa, calling for
five regiments; to Hon. Alexander Ramsey, Governor of Minnesota,
Saint Paul, Minn., calling for one regiment; to Hon. II. R. Gamble,
Governor of Missouri, Saint Louis, Mo., calling for four regiments;
to lion. Andrew Johnson, Governor of Tennessee, Nashville, Tenn.,
calling for two regiments.)
AUGUSTA, July 7, 1862-1.25 p. m.
(Received 2.10 p. im.)
Hon. E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War :
I will have three regiments of infantry in fifteen days. Will you
provide that arms and equipments, clothing, and tents [that] are sea-
sonable [be] sent here ? Also that a paymaster or other person be
authorized to pay here the premium, advance pay, and advance bounty
before they leave the State? Do you advise me to raise another
regiment ?
ISRAEL WASHBURN, JR.208
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