Saturday, September 30, 2017

Edwin M. Stanton to Governor Israel Wasburn Jr., May 25, 1862

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D. C., May 25, 1862.
GOVERNOR OF MAINE:

Intelligence from various quarters leaves no doubt that the enemy in great force are advancing on Washington. You will please organize and forward immediately all the volunteer and militia force in your State.

EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.

(Same to the Governors of New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Iowa.)

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. 70

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