The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2. Page: 422
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CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
PHILADELPHIA, PA., August 20, 1862.
Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK,
General-in- Chieff:
I arrived here last evening. The recruiting proceeds but slowly,
and from the fact that eleven colonels are recruiting, each for his own
regiment. If the companies raised could be consolidated, several
regiments might be organized and forwarded immediately. This, how-'
ever, it would appear, cannot be done without causing great dissatis-
faction. One regiment may be ready by Saturday; the other regi-
ments will not be raised until some time in September. Possibly one
may be got ready by September 1. Lieutenant-Colonel Crosman is
deficient in blankets and tents, and probably will not have a supply
of the latter until late in the fall. I am doing all I can to hurry for-
ward the recruits. I will leave to-morrow for Baltimore.
JNO. E. WOOL,
Major- General.
HARRISBURG, August 20, 1862.
General C. P. BUCKINGHAM,
Brigadier-General and Assistant Adjutant- General:
I answer your dispatch with as much accuracy as possible. We are
organizing thirty-eight regiments under the call of the President. Of
these thirteen will have gone forward by this evening. Three more
are full at Pittsburg. We can form four more regiments at Camp
Curtin. Twelve are forming in Philadelphia, some of them nearly
full; of these General Wool will, no doubt, inform you. Six are pre-
paring in other parts of the State; some of them nearly full, and all
of them filling rapidly. I have no doubt that with the use of the
power to draft as an incentive the whole quota of Pennsylvania can
be furnished without, If I make such suggestions as in my judgment
would produce that result, is it probable they would be adopted ?
A. G. CURTIN.
WHEELING, VA., August 20, 1862-5.30 p. m.
SECRETARY OF WAR: /
May I receive four or five companies of cavalry to fill up the
Third Virginia to a full regiment ? It has now, as I understand, five
companies.
F. HII. PEIRPOINT.
BRATTLEBOROUGH, VT., August 20, 1862.
Brig. Gen. C. P. BUCKINGHAM:
Under the last call for volunteers three regiments have been raised,
viz, The Ninth-now in the field-Tenth, and Eleventh. The two
last are up to the maximum and are in camp here. - The balance of
our quota (1,200 men) we are raising to fill our old regiments, and
hope to have them ready by the 1st of September. I expect to furnish
our quota of nine-months' men without a draft. If it should be quite
apparent that this can be done, could we have a few more days to
accomplish [it] if necessary? I take it for granted they will be
accepted in lieu of a draft.
FREDK. HOLBROOK,
Governor.422
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