Friday, September 29, 2017

Edwin M. Stanton to Governor Israel Washburn Jr., May 26, 1862

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D.C., May 26, 1862.
His Excellency Governor WASHBURN,
Augusta, Me.:

SIR: Send on the guards at the forts; replace them, if necessary, by militia. I have accepted some three-months’ volunteers, but do not desire to receive any more. If, however, you find that you cannot get three-years’ men, enlist them for three months. Arms and equipments will be sent to any place you may designate. You will be authorized to make requisitions on the Quartermaster-General and Chief of Ordnance for what you need. Please hasten your enlistments; time is important.

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. 76

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