ARMY OPERATIONS. 



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those brave soldiers with whom I have been so long 

 associated with pride and distinction. 



\VM. H. FRENCH. Major-Gen. Volunteers. 



The following officers composed the staff of 

 Gen. Grant in the field : 



Brig.-Gen. John A.Rawlins, Chief of Staff; Lieut.- 

 Col. T. S. Bowers, Ass't Adj't Gen.; Lieut.-Col. C. 

 B. Comstock,, Senior Aide-de-Camp ; Lieut.-Col. 0. 

 E. Baca Babcock, Aide-de-Camp; Lieut.-Col. F. T. 

 Dent, Aide-de-Camp; Lieut.-Col. Horace Porter, Aide- 

 de-Camp ; Lieut.-Col. "W. L. Dupp, Ass't Insp.-Gen. ; 

 Lieut.-Col. W. R. Rowley, Sec. ; Lieut.-Col. Adam 

 Badeau, Sec. ; Capt. E. S. Parker, Ass't Adj't-Gen. ; 

 Capt. Georae K. Leet. Ass't Adj't-Gen., in charge 

 of office at Washington ; Capt. P. T. Hudson, Aide- 

 de-Camp; Capt. lOV. Jones, Ass't Quartermaster, 

 on dutv at headquarters ; First-Lieut. Wm. Dunn, 

 jr., S3d Indiana volunteers, Acting Aide-de-Camp. 



At the same time the 9th corps of the army, 

 at Annapolis, was filled up, partly with color- 

 ed troops, and placed under the command of 

 Major-Gen. Burnside, its former commander. 



About the 23d of April, this corps moved to 

 Washington, were reviewed by President Lin- 

 coln, and proceeded to Culpepper Court House, 

 and were united to the Army of the Potomac. 

 Early in March Maj"or-Gen. Sigel had been 

 placed in command of the active forces in the 

 Department of Western Virginia, for the pur- 

 pose of cooperating with Gen. Grant by way 

 of the Shenandoah valley. Those forces were 

 largely increased. 



The forces of Major-Gen. Butler, in com- 

 mand at Fortress Monroe, were also largely in- 

 creased. Major-Gen. "SV. F. Smith, from the 

 "Western army, was assigned to the command 

 of the 18th corps, and Major-Gen. Q. A.Gill- 

 more, from the Department of the South, was 

 :,ed to the command of the 10th corps. 

 Major-Gen. Foster was ordered to the com- 

 mand of the Department of the South. He 

 had previously been in command in Xorth 

 Carolina. 



On the 21st of April the Governors of Ohio, 

 Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa, tendered to the 

 President the services of one hundred thou- 

 sand men for one hundred days. The object 

 of this tender of men, the service in which 

 they were to be engaged, and the reasons for 

 the" same, are fully stated in the following proc- 

 lamation of the Governor of Illinois : 

 To tTiepeoph of the State of Illinois : 



On the 21st 'of April, tb'e Governors of Ohio, Indi- 

 ana, Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin, submitted to the 

 President of the United States a proposition to fur- 

 nish volunteers from their respective States for the 

 coming campaigns : 



"WAR DEPARTMENT. "WASHINGTON. April 21. 1564. 

 To Ihe President of the I'. 



First The Governors of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and 

 "Wisconsin, offer to -the President infantry troops for the ap- 

 proaching campaign. 



Second The term of service to be a hundred days, reckon- 

 ing from the date of muster into the service of the United 

 States, unless sooner discharged. 



Third The troops to be mustered into the United States 

 service by regiments, when the regiments are filled np ac- 

 cording to regulations to the minimum strength. The regi- 

 ments to be organized according to the regulations of the 

 AVar Department. The whole number to be furnished with- 

 in twenty days from date of notice of the acceptance of this 

 proposition, 

 fourth The troops to be clothed, armed, equipped, sub- 



sisted, transported, and paid as other United States infantry 

 volunteers, and to serve in fortifications or wherever their 

 services may be required, within or without their respective 

 States. 



Fifth No bounty to be paid the troops, nor the service 

 charged or credited on any draft. 



Sixth The draft for three years service to go on in any 

 tate or district where the quota is not filled up ; but if any 

 officer or soldier in the special service should be drafted, b 

 shall be credited for the service rendered. 



JOHN BROUGH, Governor of Ohio. 

 O. H. MORTON. Governor of Indiana. 

 EIGHT) YATES, Governor of Illinois, 

 w. M. STONE, Governor of Iowa. 



The foregoing proposition of the Governors is accepted, 

 and the Secretary of War is directed to carry it into execu- 

 tion A. LINCOLN. 

 APRIL 23d, 1S64. 



I shall not set forth the various reasons which in- 

 duced the Executive of these States to submit their 

 proposition. It will be sufficient for you to know 

 that it is evident from the circumstances which sur- 

 round us, that the battles which are to decide the 

 fate of the country are soon to be fought. The en- 

 emy has, during the past winter, been concentrating 

 all 'his stength for the summer campaign which is 

 before us. It is of the utmost importance to meet 

 them with the greatest force, and with the most over- 

 whelming numbers which it is possible to bring to 

 bear. 



You are also aware that the country which has al- 

 ready been wrested from the grasp o"f the enemy is 

 of vast extent, embracing many States and Territo- 

 ries, many thousands of miles of seacoast, and the 

 whole length of the Mississippi River, and of most 

 of her tributaries, and that to hold this country and 

 these long lines of sea and river coast requires large 

 stationary forces. 



The strongholds, forts, garrison?, cities, and towns, 

 situated as they are in the midst of populations which 

 are for the most part disloyal, and ready to rise upon 

 the withdrawal of our troops, are almost innumer- 

 able, and require by far the greater part of our im- 

 mense army in their protection and defence. In this 

 view of the" case, the Executives of the most West- 

 ern States believed that the efficiency of the army 

 might be immensely increased by a volunteer force, 

 to DC immediately 'raised, which should occupy the 

 points already taten, and release our veteran troops, 

 and send them forward to join the main body of the 

 army, which is soon to engage the forces of the en- 

 emy. It will be apparent also that, while these forces 

 are* to be employed in fortifications, and at such 

 points as the Government may require them now, is 

 the future, also, they will place in the hands of the 

 States the means to repel invasion from their bor- 

 ders, suppress insurrection, and maintain the peace. 

 The mode of enlistments, places of rendezvous, 

 and all information pertaining to organization, &.C., 

 will be communicated to you by the adjutant-general 

 of the State. 



I make my appeal to the State of Illinois, to re- 

 spond to the Government with her full quota of 20,- 

 000 men in the next twenty days. Although the 

 State has thus far exceeded her quota under all calls 

 by so many thousands, I doubt not she will stand 

 ready to strengthen the arm of the Government in 

 this "trying hour, and that she will send this timely 

 necessary relief to her gallant sons now in the field", 

 and who have so distinguished her proud name upon 

 every battle-field of the war. It is confidently hoped 

 that 'by the timely aid which may thus be given our 

 veteran army, the last blow may be given 7his wick- 

 ed rebellion, and the Government reestablished, the 

 Union restored, and all the blessings of a stable and 

 lasting peace secured. 



Though in the North and in the South the notes 

 of preparation for the conflict fill the land, yet for 

 the first time have I fully seen the beginning of the 

 end of this frightful war. All that is now required is, 

 that the Government put forth its power at the rigjhl 

 time, and in the right place. 



