Simon Cameron to Beriah Magoffin

KYR-0003-143-0033.xml

Accession Number

KYR-0003-143-0033

Document Genre

Repository

Kentucky Historical Society

Collection

Handwritten Transcriptions of Civil War Telegrams

Item Location

Place of Creation

Washington, District of Columbia

Date of Creation

19 November 1861

Dates Mentioned

1861-11-19

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Washington D. C
Nov 19^th 1861
Gov Magoffin

I have the honor to request that you will forward on the 20^th and the last day of each months to the Adjutant General of the army for the information of this department a full report of the volunteers recruiting service in your state- setting forth the Complete regiments for duty, the number may be completed and the number in process of organization, the names of the Commander and the arm of the service will be specified for each regiment. you are further desired to comply with any request from the adjutant General of the Army regarding the movements of troops from your state to any army in the field and to regard the same as coming directly from the Secretary of War

Simon Cameron
Secretary of War

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