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AEMY OPERATIONS. 



The people of Illinois hare confidence in her sons, 

 and in the great commander, Gen. Grant, whom she 

 has given to the country, as well as in the armies 

 under his command. Let us do all in our power to 

 uphold and strengthen their arms. 



Glorious Illinois, in every period of this war you 

 have done your duty. The shining achievements of 

 your sons are the admiration of the world. In this 

 most eventful hour you will not fail. 



RICHARD YATES, Governor. 



The address of the Governor of Indiana was 

 as follows : 



EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, IXDIANAPOLIS, April 23, 1864 

 To the people of Indiana : 



The Governors of Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, 

 and Indiana, have ottered to raise for the service of 

 the General Government eighty-five thousand men for 

 the period of one hundred days, to perform such 

 military service as may be required of them in any 

 State. They will be armed, subsisted, clothed, and 

 paid by the United States, but receive no bounty. 

 They will be mustered into the service of the United 

 States for the period designated, the time to com- 

 mence from the date of muster. 



The importance of making the approaching cam- 

 paign successful and decisive ia not to be over-esti- 

 mated, and I feel confident that this call will be 

 promptly and fully responded to. 



I need not enter into the reasons which have in- 

 duced the making of this offer, and its acceptance 

 by the Government, as they will be suggested to all 

 by the condition and position of our military affairs. 



"I therefore call for twenty thousand volunteers, to 

 rendezvous at such places as may be hereafter desig- 

 nated, and to be organized under instructions given 

 by the Adjutant-General. Existing organizations of 

 the Indiana Legion, offering their services, will be 

 preserved when the regiment or company is filled to 

 the minimum number, under the regulations govern- 

 ing the armv of the United States. 



0. P. MORTON, Governor of Indiana. 



The following order was issued in Ohio: 



COLUMBUS, April, 24th, 1S64. 

 General Orders No, 12. 



The regiments, battalions, and independent compa- 

 nies of infantry of the National Guard of Ohio are 

 hereby called into active service for the term of one 

 hundred days, unless sooner discharged. They will 

 be clothed, armed, equipped, transported, and paid 

 by the United States Government. These organiza- 

 tions will rendezvous at the nearest eligible places in 

 their respective counties, the place to be fixed by the 

 commanding officer, and to be on a line of railroad 

 where practicable, on Monday, May 2, 1864, and re- 

 port by telegraph to these headquarters at four 

 o'clock p. M. of the same day the number of men 



E resent for duty. The alacrity with which all calls 

 >r the military forces of the State have been hereto- 

 fore met, furnishes the surest guarantee that the Na- 

 tional Guard will be prompt to assemble at the ap- 

 pointed time. Our armies in the field are marshalling 

 for a decisive blow, and the citizen soldiery will share 

 the glory of the crowning victories of the campaign, 

 by relieving our veteran regiments from post and 

 garrison duty, to allow them to engage in the more 

 arduous labor of the field. By order of the Governor, 

 B. R. CO WEN, Adjutant-General of Ohio. 



The plan of Gen. Grant was more compre- 

 hensive than the mere capture of the city of 

 Richmond. His purpose was to secure the 

 machinery of the Confederate Government, 

 and to destroy the army of Gen. Lee. Other 

 movements were therefore necessary in con- 

 nection with the one made under his own 

 direction. The first of these was to he made 

 by Gen. Sigel up the Shenandoah Valley toward 



Staunton with the view of taking possession of 

 the Virginia Central Railroad, and ultimately 

 holding Lynchburg on the Virginia and Ten- 

 nessee Railroad. The next of these movements 

 was to be made by Gen. Averill moving toward 

 tne same great railroad with the design of 

 striking it near Salem or Wytheville. The 

 next was to be made by Gen. Crook moving 

 with a strong force and abundant supplies from 

 Charleston, Va., toward Dublin Depot (New- 

 hern), on the same railroad. The remaining 

 movement on the west was to be made up the 

 eastern side of the Big Sandy River, toward 

 Abingdon, on the same railroad. It was in- 

 tended that these different forces should strike 

 the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad about the 

 same time, at Abingdon, "Wytheville, Dublin 

 Depot, and Staunton, and should afterwards 

 unite centrally west of Lynchburg, and march 

 against that town. This combined movement 

 comprehended a large aggregate of forces, to 

 wit: 12,000 men by the Big Sandy route, un- 

 der Gen. Burbridge ; 4,000 under Gen. Crook, 

 moving from the lower Kanawha ; 2,500 cav- 

 alry under Gen. Averill, from northwest Vir- 

 ginia, and the army of Gen. Sigel, numbering 

 nearly 12,000. 



On the south side of Richmond it was in- 

 tended by Gen. Grant to capture and hold 

 Petersburg by a heavy force, under the com- 

 mand of Gen. B. F. Butler. Thus holding 

 Petersburg and Lynchburg, all southern com- 

 munication with Richmond would be cut off. 

 The progress and results of these respective 

 cooperating movements will be stated on a sub- 

 sequent page. 



On the 3d of May Gen. Meade issued the 

 following address to the army: 



HEADQUARTERS ARMY or THE POTOMAC, May 3, 1S64. 



SOLDIERS : Again you are called upon to advance 

 on the enemies of your country. The time and the 

 occasion are deemed opportune by your Command- 

 ing-General to address you a few words of confidence 

 and caution. You have been reorganized, strength- 

 ened, and fully equipped in every respect. You form 

 a part of the several armies of your country the 

 whole under an able and distinguished general, who 

 enjoys the confidence of the Government, the people, 

 and the army. Your movement being in cooperation 

 with others," it is of the utmost importance that no 

 effort should be spared to make it successful. 



Soldiers ! The'eyes of the whole country are look- 

 ing with anxious hope to the blow you are about to 

 strike in the most sacred cause that ever called men 

 to arms. Remember your homes, your wives, and 

 children ; and bear in mind that the sooner your ene- 

 mies are overcome the sooner you will be returned_to 

 enjoy the benefits and blessings of peace. Bear with 

 patience the hardships and sacrifices you will be 

 called upon to endure. Have confidence in your offi- 

 cers and in each other. 



Keep your ranks on the march and on the battle- 

 field, and let each man earnestly implore God's bless- 

 ing, and endeavor by his thoughts and actions to 

 render himself worthy of the favor he seeks. With 

 clear conscience and strong arms, actuated by a high 

 sense of duty, fighting to preserve the Government 

 and the institutions handed down to us by our fore- 

 fathers, if true to ourselves, victory, under God' a 

 blessing, must and will attend our efforts. 



GEORGE G. MEADE, Maj.-Gen. Com' ding. 



S. WILLIAMS, Ass't Adj.-Geo. 



