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in Morton being partly victorious, when orders were issued 
which gave these men a parole of twenty days if they wished 
it.^®^ Not satisfied with this concession the Governor wanted 
to get those at Chicago sent to Indianapolis; six days later 
he renewed his agitation to remove the men at Camp Chase 
as well. Stanton evidently grew weary of being stormed by 
telegrams and beset by Morton’s special agents, for on Octo- 
ber 22, he promised to have the men sent to Indianapolis if 
possible.^^^ This was not done even tho Morton continued to 
remind him of the fact every week or so for a month longer.^®^ 
This is another instance of the tenacity of purpose with which 
the Governor stuck to his plans for caring for Indiana sol- 
diers even when he had appealed to the last resort. Early in 
1863 Morton renewed his demands and in May was rewarded 
by partial success when Burnside ordered a few of this class 
of prisoners to be sent to Indiana.^®® 
The Governor’s experience with the regular hospital serv- 
ice of the army after the battles of Fort Donelson and Pitts- 
burg Landing made him extremely fearful of soldiers’ relief 
in such emergencies. He had sent much special relief, but it 
was of a purely temporary nature. He wanted it to be more 
permanent.^'^' On April 11, 1862, he asked Secretary Stanton 
for permission to raise a corps of volunteer surgeons. Stan- 
ton immediately replied that such “large provision has already 
been made for medical attendance that I must wait for report 
from General Halleck and if more be needed will give you no- 
tice and instructions”.^^® But Morton was not to be put off 
by so soft an answer. On April 21, 1862, he again sent a 
telegram to Stanton, saying: 
That a great battle is pending at Corinth, is evident. Before addi- 
tional surgical aid can reach the field from any quarter, five or six days 
General Despatches, XV, 107, 287, 290, 291. 
131 /bid., XV, 111, 320, 321. 
135 Ibid., XVI, 4, 24, 34. In June, 1863, he secured the consent of General Burnside 
that paroled men at Camp Chase he sent home. Private Despatches, XVI, 230. For 
other correspondence in 1862 and 1863, see ibid., XVI, 194, 195, 210 ; Department 
Despatches, XV, 274, 275. 
136 General Despatches, XVI, 122, 194, 195, 210. 
157 Terrell, Repwt, I, 351 ; O. P. Morton to E. M. Stanton, April 11, 1862, General 
Telegrams, III, 130. See also Terrell, Report, I, 351, and Appendix, 345. New York had 
been granted this permission. At the beginning of the war one surgeon and one 
assistant-surgeon were allowed each regiment. Their services were sometimes required at 
hospitals, or on detached duty ; or if they were sick or resigned, the regiment might 
be, and at times was, without any medical attendance whatever. The small medical 
force was especially noticeable after a battle. 
158 Terrell, Report, I, Appendix, 345, 351. 
