The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2. Page: 446
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CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
others than the constituted authorities of the State. You will oblige
me if you will order that all requisitions of the Government on
Kentucky for troops will be raised under the direction of the military
authorities of the State alone.
J. F. ROBINSON.
AUGUSTA, ME., August 23, 1862.
Hon. E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War:
We can be ready for the draft by September 3, but as State election
is the succeeding Monday it will be exceedingly inconvenient. Wish
time could be postponed a week or ten days.
I. WASHBURN, Jr.
BOSTON, August 23, 1862.
Brig. Gen. C. P. BUCKINGHAM,
Assistant Adjutant- General :
New enrollment, making draft not possible to be correctly taken so
soon. We are raising nine-months' men rapidly. Six more three-
years' regiments will march this month if supplies ready' for them.
Delay the draft without fail. Troops are now and will continue raising
faster than can be cared for.
JOHN A. ANDREW,
Governor of Massachusetts.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D. C., August 23, 1862.
His Excellency Governor ANDREW,
Boston, Mass. :
What number of arms will Massachusetts furnish to her troops ?
P. H. WATSON,
Assistant Secretary of War.
(Same to Governor Buckingham, Hartford, Conn., and Governor
Morgan, Albany, N. Y.)
BOSTON, August 23, 1862-7.30 p. m.
(Received 8.15 p. m.)
Brig. Gen. C. P. BUCKINGHAM:
Fifteen hundred recruits at Camp Cameron which should move to
old regiments.
JOHN A. ANDREW,
Governor.
SAINT PAUL, MINN., August 23, 1862-2 p. m.
(Received 7.15 p. m.)
Major-General IIALLECK,
Commanding :
The urgency being great, I have called out a regiment mounted
infantry in the service of the United States for three months. Shall
I proceed ? Please answer immediately.
ALEX. RAMSEY.446
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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/m1/455/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.