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soldiers that you do of all those of Indiana. Morton 
caused a paymaster to be stationed at Indianapolis to pay the 
large number of discharged and furloughed men stationed 
there.^^^ In June, 1862, General Sherman needed $25,000 
to pay troops, but there was no money in sight from the fed- 
eral government. Thru an agent, Governor Morton deducted 
that amount from funds due for ammunition supplied to the 
United States, turned it over to them, and waited for the 
money until the federal government was in a position to pay.^^® 
The Governor was always anxious to get his men out of 
southern prison camps as soon as he could to save them from 
disease, and to get them back into active service. To accom- 
plish this, he corresponded continuously with federal officials 
in charge of that business and sometimes succeeded in his 
purpose; at times he met with gruff, curt replies that any- 
thing he could do would not hasten things in the least, since 
they insisted they were doing as much as they could to secure 
exchanges.^^^ 
Under General Order No. 72 from the War Department, 
and according to an order from the commissary-general on 
prisoners of war, paroled prisoners from Indiana regiments 
could not be sent to the camp at Indianapolis. General 
Wright refused to grant Morton’s wish to have them sent to 
the Indianapolis camp because they were supposed to go to 
the military camp at Columbus, Ohio.^®® The Governor then 
demanded of Secretary Stanton that a camp for paroled pris- 
oners be established at Indianapolis, and complained that the 
poor treatment of men caused much discontent and induced 
them to take “French leave” to escape the torture which they 
were obliged to undergo. He assured Stanton that Indianap- 
olis could care for them better than any other place.^-^^ But 
Stanton firmly refused because it induced “shameful surren- 
ders ”,^®2 2 ind some warm letters were exchanged which ended 
General Des'patcihes, XV, 194-197. 
Ill, 210 and 211. 
Ibid., IV, 36, 44, 46, 47. Other instances of his efforts to get pay due to the 
troops are found in ibid., IX, 177, 181, 220, 257 ; General Telegrams, III, 110, 118, 260 ; 
ibid., IV, 36. 
I'l® Ibid., IX, 58, 87, 114, 302 ; ibid., XV, 266, 308 ; Official Ree(yrds, Series II, Vol. IV, 
522, 623. 
ISO General Despatches, XIV, 274, 275. 
Ibid., XV, 286. See also Morton to Colonel William Hoffman, May 29, 1863, 
Private Despatches, XVI, 122, 204. 
E. M. Stanton to O. P. Morton, September 22, 1862, General Despatches, XV, 287. 
