washington City, April 28, 1861.
To Messrs. Wilder
Dwight And George L. Andrews: —
The plan which you communicated for raising a regiment in
Massachusetts for service during the war meets my approval. Such a regiment
shall be immediately enlisted in the service of the government, as one of those
which are to be called for immediately. The regiment shall be ordered to Fort Independence,
or some other station in Boston Harbor, for purposes of training, equipment,
and drill, and shall be kept there two months, unless an emergency compels
their presence elsewhere.
I am, gentlemen, very
respectfully,
Simon Cameron,
Secretary of
War."
SOURCE: Elizabeth Amelia Dwight, Editor, Life and
Letters of Wilder Dwight: Lieut.-Col. Second Mass. Inf. Vols., p. 42-3
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