Friday, September 29, 2017

Edwin M. Stanton to Governor David Tod, May 26, 1862

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D.C., May 26, 1862.
Hon. DAVID TOD,
Columbus, Ohio:

We want as many troops as you can raise in the State for the term of three years, or during the war, or for any other term, not less than three months, according as you can raise them quickest.

EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.

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. 78

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