Simon Cameron to Beriah Magoffin

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Accession Number

KYR-0001-019-0027

Document Genre

Correspondence

Repository

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

Collection

Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1859-1862

Item Location

MG5-72 to MG5-73

Place of Creation

Washington, District of Columbia

Date of Creation

15 April 1861

Dates Mentioned

1861-04-15

1795-02-28

WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, April 15^th, 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.

< omit all these but Ky >

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

																COMPOSITION OF THE REGIMENTS.
STATES.	Major generals	Aides de-camp to major generals, (major.)	Division inspectors, (lieutenant colonel.)	Brigadier generals.	Aides to brigadier generals, (captains.)	Brigade inspectors, (majors.)	Regiments.	Colonels.	Lieutenant colonels.	Majors.	Adjutants, (lieutenant.)	Reg'l quartermasters, (lieutenant)	Surgeons.	Surgeon's mates.	Sergeant majors.	Drum majors.	Fife majors.	Captains.	Lieutenants.	Ensigns.	Sergeants.	Corporals.	Drummers.	Fifers.	Privates.	Total of officers.	Total of men.	Aggregate.
Maine							1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10	10	10	40	40	10	10	640	37	743	780
New Hampshire							1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10	10	10	40	40	10	10	640	37	743	780
Vermont							1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10	10	10	40	40	10	10	640	37	743	780
Massachusetts							2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	20	20	20	80	80	20	20	1,280	74	1,486	1,560
Rhode Island							1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10	10	10	40	40	10	10	640	37	743	780
Connecticut							1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10	10	10	40	40	10	10	640	37	743	780
New York	2	4	2	4	4	4	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	170	170	170	680	680	170	170	10,880	649	12,631	13,280
Pennsylvania	2	4	2	4	4	4	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	160	160	160	640	640	160	160	10,240	612	11,888	12,500
New Jersey				1	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	40	40	40	160	160	40	40	2,560	151	2,972	3,123
Delaware							1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10	10	10	80	40	10	10	640	37	743	780
Maryland				1	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	40	40	40	160	160	40	40	2,560	151	2,972	3,1323
Virginia							3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	30	30	30	120	120	30	30	1,920	111	2,229	2,340
North Carolina							2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	20	20	20	80	80	20	20	1,280	74	1,486	1,560
Tennessee							2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	20	20	20	20	80	20	20	1,280	74	1,486	1,560
Arkansas							1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10	10	10	40	40	10	10	640	37	743	780
Kentucky				1	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	40	40	40	160	160	40	40	2,560	151	2,972	3,123
Missouri				1	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	40	40	40	160	160	40	40	2,560	151	2,972	3,123
Illinois				1	1	1	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	60	60	60	240	240	60	60	3,840	225	4,458	4,683
Indiana				1	1	1	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	60	60	60	240	240	60	60	3,840	225	4,458	4,683
Ohio	1	2	1	3	3	3	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	130	130	130	520	520	130	130	8,320	494	9,659	10,153
Michigan							1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10	10	10	40	40	10	10	640	37	743	780
Wisconsin							1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10	10	10	40	40	10	10	640	37	743	780
Iowa							1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10	10	10	40	40	10	10	640	37	743	780
Minnesota	__	__	__	__	__	__	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10	10	10	40	40	10	10	640	37	743	780
Total	5	10	5	17	17	17	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	940	940	940	3,760	3,760	940	940	60,160	3,549	69,842	73,391

The rendezvous for your State will be at Lexington.

I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

Simon Cameron
Secretary of War.

To his Excellency
Beriah Magoffin
Governor ofKentucky.

Requisition for troops from Ky

1861

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