The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2. Page: 251
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UNION AUTHORITIES.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D. C., July 25, 1862-3 p. m.
Governor BUCKINGHAM,
Norwich, Conn.:
You will please organize your light battery and forward when ready.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D. C., July 25, 1862.
Governor MORTON,
Indianapolis :
When General Halleck returns from James River he will communi-
cate with you respecting the cannon for the river towns. Your tele-
gram is referred to him.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 25, 1862-8.50 a. m.
(Received 11 a. m.)
Hon. P. H. WATSON,
Assistant Secretary of War :
I dislike to trouble you, but I have large number of men already
in camp and many more going in daily. I have no guns for them,
and hope you will furnish me my proportion of Springfield rifles
immediately. Indiana will be the first State to furnish her quota.
O. P. MORTON,
Governor of Indiana.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D. C., July 25, 1862-10 p. m.
His Excellency O. P. MORTON,
Governor of Indiana, Indianapolis:
As soon as you have any regiment mustered in it will be furnished
with arms on due requisition. Experience has demonstrated that
arms ought not to be put into the hands of troops until they are organ-
ized into regiments, because if they are put sooner into their hands
they are always greatly damaged and many of them lost. There are
nearly 30,000 Springfield muskets to distribute among 150 regiments,
and Indiana will receive her share of them, as she will of all other
superior arms we may have.
P. H. WATSON,
Assistant Secretary of War.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D. C., July 25, 1862.
His Excellency O. P. MORTON,
Governor of Indiana, Indianapolis:
Have you any militia artillery companies organized and drilled in
the border towns who could use cannon ? If so, at how many places ?
How many and what description of cannon did Indiana present to the251
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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/m1/260/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.