GALENA, ILL., May 24, 1861.
Colonel L. THOMAS,
Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D.C.:
SIR: Having served for fifteen years in the Regular Army,
including four years at West Point, and feeling it the duty of every one who
has been educated at the Government expense to offer their services for the
support of that Government, I have the honor, very respectfully, to tender my
services until the close of the war in such capacity as may be offered. I would
say that, in view of my present age and length of service, I feel myself
competent to command a regiment if the President, in his judgment, should see fit
to intrust one to me. Since the first call of the President I have been serving
on the staff of the Governor of this State, rendering such aid as I could in
the organization of our State militia, and am still engaged in that capacity. A
letter addressed to me at Springfield, Ill., will reach me.
I am, very
respectfully, your obedient servant,
U.S. GRANT.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series III,
Volume 1 (Serial No. 122), p. 234
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