The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2. Page: 255
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UNION AUTHORITIES.
up the quota of volunteers called for by the President, or as much
thereof as by reason of the deficiency of the volunteers or other cause
you may deem proper.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D. C., July 26, 1862-10.45 a. rn.
Governor ISRAEL WASHBURN, Jr.,
Augusta, Me.:
SIR: The publication yesterday of an order to Captain Dodge to
muster in recruits for nine and twelve months from Pennsylvania
renders an explanation necessary. The following is a copy of a letter
addressed to the adjutant-general of Pennsylvania, which will serve
to define the position of this Department on the subject. The bounty
for nine-months' troops is but $25 in all.
C. P. BUCKINGHAM,
Brigadier- General and Assistant Adjutant- General.
(Same to the Governors of all the loyal States and Hion. J. B. Tem-
ple, president Military Board, Frankfort, Ky.)
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D. C., July 24, 1862.
General A. L. RUSSELL,
Adjutant- General of Pennsylvania:
SIR: Referring to the conversation between us yesterday on the
subject of raising volunteer troops in Pennsylvania for nine months,
I am directed to say that at present it is considered inexpedient by
the President to call for any other than those three-years' troops des-
ignated in the last levy.
This Department cannot of course interfere with the proceedings of
the Governor of Pennsylvania in calling out troops for nine and
twelve months, but while they would without doubt be accepted in
the present emergency, it is to be understood that the Governor must
take the entire responsibility of raising them without an express call
of the President.
Unless orders to the contrary shall be given, mustering officers will
muster into the service of the United States the troops now organiz-
ing under the proclamation of the Governor of Pennsylvania.
By order of the Secretary of War:
C. P. BUCKINGHAM,
Brigadier- General and Assistant Adjutant- General.
AUGUSTA, ME., July 26, 1862-4.20 p. m.
(Received 4.50 p. m.)
General C. P. BUCKINGHAM,
Assistant Adjutant-General:
Maine is raising only three-years' volunteers. They are coming on
well.
I. WASHBURN, JR.,
Governor.255
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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/m1/264/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.