Head-Quarters,
Military Division of
the Mississippi,
Chattanooga, Tennessee,
November 13, 1863.
SOME of the citizens of Northern Illinois have expressed the
conviction that a regiment of cavalry can be raised in a short time from that
section of the state if special authority be given the Governor to accept them,
and have desired that I obtain the authority for them. I want no special favor
for myself, and cannot ask the desired authority on that ground. If, however,
it is the policy of the Government to accept new organizations, I would
recommend that authority be given Governor Yates to accept a regiment of
cavalry to be raised in Northern Illinois.
Hon. E. M. Stanton,
Secretary of War.
SOURCE: James Grant Wilson, Editor, General Grant’s
Letters to a Friend 1861-1880, p. 30
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