Washington, May 6, 1861.
As soon as I find out exactly what Government will do about
Maryland volunteers, I shall make an effort to stir up my friends in Alleghany
County. I wish to make sure that the Government will muster them into service,
and will be ready with arms, accoutrements, and uniforms, and, above all, with
a proper commissariat the moment the men present themselves in sufficient
numbers at Chambersburg. With proper management, I am sure two regiments could
easily be raised in Maryland. Two or three hundred men could be had in
Alleghany County.
SOURCE: Edward Waldo Emerson, Life and Letters of
Charles Russell Lowell, p. 204-5
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