General Orders No. 71
WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington,
September 5, 1861.
I. All persons having received authority to raise volunteer
regiments, batteries, or companies, in the State of New York, will immediately report
to His Excellency Governor Morgan, at Albany, the present state of their
respective organizations. They and their commands are placed under the orders
of Governor Morgan, who will reorganize them and prepare them for service in
the manner he may judge most advantageous for the interests of the General
Government.
II. All commissioned officers of regiments, batteries, or
companies, now in service, raised in the State of New York independent of the
State authorities, can receive commissions from the Governor of that State by
reporting to the adjutant general thereof and filing in his office a duplicate
of the muster-in rolls of their respective organizations.
By order:
L. THOMAS,
Adjutant-General.
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. 483-4
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