Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Edwin Stanton’s General Orders No. 49, May 1, 1862

GENERAL ORDERS,
No. 49.
WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, May 1, 1862.

Upon requisitions made by commanders of armies in the field authority will be given by the War Department to the Governors of the respective States to recruit regiments now in service.

By order of the Secretary of War:
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 2 (Serial No. 123), p. 28

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