Saturday, October 12, 2019

Simon Cameron to Governor Richard Yates, April 19, 1861

Washington, April 19th, 1861.
Governor Yates:

As soon as enough of your troops is mustered into service, send a Brigadier General, with four regiments, at or near Grand Cairo.

SIMON CAMERON,           
Secretary of War.

Reports to the General Assembly of Illinois at its Twenty-third Session, Convened January 5, 1863, Volume 1, p. 468

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