President Lincoln's Call For Troops

O.R.--SERIES III--VOLUME I [S# 122]
CORRESPONDENCE, ORDERS, REPORTS, AND RETURNS
OF THE UNION AUTHORITIES FROM NOVEMBER 1, 1860, TO MARCH 31, 1862.--#3

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, April 15, 1861.

SIR: Under the act of Congress "for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, repel invasions," &c., approved February 28, 1795, I have the honor to request Your Excellency to cause to be immediately detached from the militia of your State the quota designated in the table below, to serve as infantry or riflemen, for the period of three months, unless sooner discharged.

Your Excellency will please communicate to me the time at or about which your quota will be expected at its rendezvous, as it will be met as soon as practicable by an officer or officers to muster it into the service and pay of the United States. At the same time the oath of fidelity to the United States will be administered to every officer and man. The mustering officer will be instructed to receive no man under the rank of commissioned officer who is in years apparently over forty-five or under eighteen, or who is not in physical strength and vigor. (1)

Table of quotas (2)
[Composition of the regiments and proportion of general staff officers omitted.]

State Maj. Generals Brigadier
Generals		 Regiments Total of
Officers		 Total of
Men		 Aggregate
Maine --- --- 1 37 743 780
New Hampshire --- --- 1 37 743 780
Vermont --- --- 1 37 743 780
Massachusetts --- --- 2 74 1,486 1,560
Rhode Island --- --- 1 37 743 780
Connecticut --- --- 1 37 743 780
New York 2 4 17 649 12,631 13,280
Pennsylvania (3) 2 4 16 612 11,888 12,500
New Jersey --- 1 4 151 2,972 3,123
Delaware --- --- 1 37 743 780
Maryland --- 1 4 151 2,972 3,123
Virginia --- --- 3 111 2,229 2,340
North Carolina --- --- 2 74 1,486 1,560
Tennessee --- --- 2 74 1,486 1,560
Arkansas --- --- 1 37 743 780
Kentucky --- 1 4 151 2,972 3,123
Missouri --- 1 4 151 2,972 3,123
Illinois --- 1 6 225 4,458 4,683
Indiana --- 1 6 225 4,458 4,683
Ohio 1 3 13 494 9,659 10,153
Michigan --- --- 1 37 743 780
Wisconsin --- --- 1 37 743 780
Iowa --- --- 1 37 743 780
Minnesota --- --- 1 37 743 780
Total 5 17 94 3,549 69,842 73,391

 

The rendezvous for your State will be: Maine, Portland; New Hampshire, Portsmouth; Vermont, Burlington; Massachusetts, Boston; Rhode Island, Providence; Connecticut, New Haven; New York, New York, Albany, Elmira; Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Harrisburg; New Jersey, Trenton; Delaware, Wilmington; Maryland, Frederick City, Baltimore; Virginia, Staunton, Wheeling, Gordonsville; North Carolina, Raleigh; Tennessee, Knoxville, Nashville; Arkansas, Little Rock; Kentucky, Lexington; Missouri, Saint Louis; Illinois, Springfield, Chicago; Indiana, Indianapolis; Ohio, Columbus, Cleveland; Michigan, Detroit; Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Iowa, Keokuk; Minnesota, Saint Paul.

I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
SIMON CAMERON,
Secretary of War.

Notes

  1. Sent to the Governors of Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota, and they were notified by telegraph, same date, of the requistion being made.
  2. Under this call the men furnished were as follows: Maine, 771; New Hampshire, 779; Vermont, 782, Massachusetts, 3,736; Rhode Island, 3,147; Connecticut, 2,402; New York, 13,906; New Jersey, 3,123; Pennsylvania 20,175; Delaware 775; Virginia (Western), 900; Ohio, 12,357; Indiana, 4,686; Illinois, 4,820; Michigan, 781; Wisconsin, 817; Minnesota, 930; Iowa, 968; Missouri 10,591. In addition to the above the District of Columbia furnished 4,720 and the State of Kansas, 650; making a grand total of 91,816.
  3. Pennsylvania quota reduced, by telegram of April 16, to fourteen regiments.
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