The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2. Page: 436
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CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., August 22, 1862.
(Received 5.30 p. m.)
Hon. E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War:
Recruiting still good and a large number can yet be enrolled. I
ask extension of time till 1st of September, promising advance pay
and bounty.
O. P. MORTON,
Governor.
IOWA CITY, IOWA, August 22, 1862-8 p. m.
(Received 2.35 a. m. 23d.)
Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON:
How many men shall I draft on September 3? You count here
eighteen regiments, including the five under requisition of July 8.
SAML. J. KIRKWOOD,
Governor.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D. C., August 22, 1862.
Governor ROBINSON,
Frankfort, Ky.:
Pursuant to the request of the General Assembly of Kentucky,
communicated to the President by your telegram of the 20th instant,
the time is extended for recruiting the regiments therein mentioned
until the period named. The other suggestions contained in your
telegram are under consideration, and under the peculiar condition
of your State will no doubt be acceded to, as the Government has
every disposition to aid you.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
FRANKFORT, KY., August 22, 1862.
Hon. E. M. STANTON:
Your dispatch of this date is received. The kind disposition of the
Government toward Kentucky is fully appreciated. Am I correct in
construing your dispatch into a continuance of bounty and advance
pay to recruits for thirty days longer? In view of the kind tone of
your dispatch and the emergency of the hour, I have accepted regi-
ment of twelve-months' mounted men tendered to-day, composed of
the excess recruited for regiments heretofore organized. Kentucky
will do her whole duty. Her peril increases every hour.
By order of J. F. Robinson, Governor of the Commonwealth :
J. W. FINNELL.
GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,
No. 63. New Orleans, August 22, 1862.
Whereas on the 23d day of April, in the year 1861, at a public
meeting of the free colored population of the city of New Orleans, a
military organization, known as the "Native Guards " (colored), had
its existence, which military organization was duly and legally436
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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/m1/445/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.