72 Series III Volume II- Serial 123 - Union Letters, Orders, Reports
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EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Albany, May 25, 1862.
Honorable EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War, Washington, D. C.:
I can dispatch 3,000 militia soldiers in small regiments, fit for service, in twenty-four hours after order; can be largely increased with few days" time. I propose to send you one regiment, the Fifth Volunteer Artillery, armed as infantry, 1,000 strong, on Tuesday, 27th instant, unless you telegraph me to the contrary.
E. D. MORGAN.
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. C., May 25, 1862.
Governor MORGAN,
Albany N. Y.:
Send on all the troops you can, and quickly. All the information from every source indicates a concentration of rebel power in this direction. Send the Seventh Regiment immediately.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
ALBANY, May 25, 1862.
Honorable E. M. STANTON:
I have your two dispatches of this date. The Fifth Volunteer Artillery and the Seventh Artillery and the Seventh New York State Militia are by telegraph ordered to leave New York for Washington to-morrow. Four smaller militia regiments from New York are ordered to follow the above, and all other available militia force in the State will be forwarded as you have requested. Please direct all your officers at New York to honor my requisitions for arms and ammunition.
E. D. MORGAN.
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, D. C., May 25,1 862.
Governor MORGAN,
Albany, N. Y.:
Your telegram received and orders given by Adjutant-General. Two dispatches from General Banks state that he had reached within a short distance of the Potomac at Williamport safely with his force after a march of thirty-five miles, having saved his trains and the chief part of his command. We hope that he may be have effected his crossing in safety as he expected.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, May 25,1 862. (Received 26th.)
Honorable E. M. STANTON:
Your dispatch asking for troops for Washington received. Will send you one full regiment on the 27th. For what length of time shall the new volunteers be asked to serve, and what number do you want from Ohio?
DAVID TOD,
Governor.
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