The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2. Page: 453
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UNION AUTHORITIES.
and placed in their hands. The enrollment is going on vigorously.
It cannot be completed so as to form a fair and equitable basis for
the draft, which is indispensable, and the required notice given
earlier than September 15.
E. D. MORGAN.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, August 24, 1862- -10 p. m.
(Received 10.45 p. m.)
lion. E. M. STANTON:
Can our five regiments of three-months' men be mustered out in
time to subject them to draft? If not there will be difficulty in
filling up under reorganization. If they cannot be mustered out
immediately, might not a strong detail be sent home at once to recruit
for reorganization ? Eighty-fourth at Cumberland, Md.; Eighty-sixth
at Clarksburg, Va.; Eighty-seventh at Harper's Ferry; Eighty-eighth
at Camp Chase, Ohio.
C. W. HILL,
Adjutant-General of Ohio.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D. C., August 24, 1862.
General JAMES CRAIG,
Fort Laramie:
You are authorized to raise 100 mounted men in the mountains and
re-enlist the Utah troops for three months as requested in your tele-
gram received to-day. It is impossible to send you re-enforcements.
You will hereafter report to Major-General Halleck, General-in-
Chief, for instructions when required from Washington.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D. C., August 24, 1862.
Governor IIOLBROOK,
Brattleborough, Vt. :
The Department cannot give a formal extension of its order of
draft, but will endeavor to accommodate to meet necessities in par-
ticular cases so far as may be consistent with the service and natural
exigencies. Answer is delayed to your telegram respecting officers
owing to the movements now in progress which render it impossible
for some days to relieve officers. Your wishes will be complied with
as far as possible.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
WASHINGTON, August 25, 1862.
Major-General GRANT,
Corinth, Miss. :
The Secretary of War directs that you seize, in the name of the
United States, all cotton purchased or shipped by officers or men in453
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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/m1/462/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.