WAR DEPARTMENT,

Washington City, D. C., August 6, 1862.

His Excellency E. SALOMON,

Governor of Wisconsin, Madison:

The President declines to receive Indians or negroes as troops.

By order of the Secretary of War:

C. P. BUCKINGHAM,

Brigadier-General and Assistant Adjutant-General.

MADISON, WIS., August 6, 1862.

E. M. STANTON:

General Sigel has called upon me for a regiment. I wish to know whether that regiment is still contemplated under the late orders to fill the quota by 15th or to draft; also, whether that regiment is t be considered as within our quota of three-year volunteers; also, whether the five regiments heretofore called for are all of our quota of the first 300,000; also, whether volunteer companies for nine months are to be received.

E. SALOMON,

Governor of Wisconsin.

Statement showing the number of troops that have been mustered into the service from the loyal States, as taken from rolls for muster into service.

State Cavalry Artillery Infantry Aggrega Date when

te of last

men regiments

mustere were

d in. completed

from each

State

Maine 1 7 14 13,076 December 3,

- - 1861

1 2

New ...... 1 7 6,536 December 14,

Hampshir - - 1861

e 1 2

Vermont 1 2 8 8,772 July 9, 1862

- -

1 2

Massachu 1 1 26 27,941 December 30,

setts 1861

Rhode 1 2 * 2 5 4,968 December 14,

Island - - 1861

1 1

Connect ....... 1 10 Feb.18, 1862

i-cut 10,012

New York 10 1 6 2 105 April 16,

- - - - 106,606 1862

1 2 1 2

New 1 2 10 Jan.23, 1862

Jersey - - 10,264

1 2

Pennsyl- 11 4 2 2 76 May 27, 1862

vania - - - - 80,626

1 2 1 2

Delaware ....... ........ 3 March 26,

2,459 1862

Maryland 1 2 10 March 19,

- - 9,301 1862

1 2

District ...... ........ 2 Feb.24, 1862

of 1,413

Columbia

Virginia 2 3 ........ 11 June 16,

- - 11,681 1862

1 2

Ohio 6 7 1 80 April 8,

- - 76,621 1862

1 2

Kentucky 5 4 2 28 March 10,

- - - - 29,203 1862

1 2 1 2

Tennesse ...... ........ 2 March 1,

e 1,740 1862

Minnesot 3 2 5 April 30,

a - - - - 4,619 1862

1 2 1 2

Michigan 3 3 17 March 20,

- - 19,095 1862

1 2

Wisconsi 3 1 19 April 30,

n 22,263 1862

Iowa 4 2 17 March 20,

- - 18,667 1862

1 2

Illinois 14 2 60 April 30,

64,761 1862

Indiana 3 1 5 51 April 16,

- - 49,916 1862

1 2

Missouri 5 2 3 21 May 28, 1862

- - 23,381

1 2

Kansas 2 ........ 8 April 2,

8,210 1862

Nebraska 3 ........ 1 April 27,

- - 1,000 1862

1 2

Colorado 2 ........ 1 Nov.13, 1861

- - 1,303

1 2

New ....... ........ 1 Aug.26, 1861

Mexico 775

Califor- 2 ......... 5 Aug. 6, 1861

nia 5,597

Missouri 14 8 2 1 Nov.13, 1861

State - - - - 13,514

Militia 1 2 1 2

a

Equal to 92 1 1 22 1 *602 6 April 1,

- - - - - - 634,320 1862

1 2 1 2 1 2

a Mustered in for during the war in Missouri.

THOMAS M. VINCENT,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, August 6, 1862.

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