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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