The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2. Page: 443
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UNION AUTHORITIES.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., August 23, 1862-12.25 p. m.
Hon. E. M. STANTON:
I have obtained an order for 3,000 accouterments from Louisville
and have bought 1,000. Colonel Symington advises my agent at
Pittsburg to contract for the balance. Can the Government furnish
them or shall I contract ?
O. P. MORTON,
Governor of Indiana.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D. C., August 23, 1862.
His Excellency O. P. MORTON,
Governor of Indiana:
The United States have bought and are buying all the accouterments
that can be produced in the country; but a few of the makers, and
among the rest those about Pittsburg, have refused lately to bid, in
the hope that some of the Governors of the States would bid in com-
petition with the Government, with no possible result but to raise
prices. If you come into the market it will greatly embarrass the
Government. The Governors of other States have been notified that
purchases of arms or ordnance stores made otherwise than through
the Ordnance Department cannot be sanctioned, nor the money thus
expended be reimbursed by the United States. You can see the
necessity of this rule.
P. H. WATSON,
Assistant Secretary of War.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., August 23, 1862.
Hon. E. M. STANTON:
Our arsenal has supplied a large amount of ammunition to the
troops recently sent from here; also to the troops in Kentucky, when
the necessity was great within the last few weeks. We have plenty
of materials on hand except lead. Our advances to the Government
are heavy, and as lead is strictly cash we cannot obtain it. Cannot
the Government send us 200 tons of lead, the value thereof to be
credited on our account for ammunition furnished ? General Ripley
did last spring for us, to the manifest advantage of the service.
O. P. MORTON,
Governor.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D. C., August 23, 1862.
His Excellency Governor MORTON,
Indianapolis, Ind. :
Two hundred tons lead will be shipped at once. Four thousand
five hundred Enfield rifles and 11,100 Austrian guns are ordered to you.
P. H. WATSON,
Assistant Secretary of War.443
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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/m1/452/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.