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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 3: (search)
preme Court, to the Governor, relates to this matter, and to the hardships borne by the Fifth Regiment, from the time it left Boston until it arrived in Washington, which, in part, were occasioned by haste and bad management in loading the transports at New York, by which the rations and the bales of blankets, which were to have been distributed to the men, were covered with other merchandise, and could not be got at, so that the men suffered for want of food and blankets:— Washington, May 6, 1861. To His Excellency Governor Andrew. dear Sir,—Mr. Foster, I learn, has gone with General Butler, and cannot be communicated with. Dr. Howe has not arrived. The Cambridge arrived yesterday afternoon. I have therefore, as I wrote to you yesterday, taken the responsibility, which I trust will meet your approbation, as there is nobody here to attend to the business; and, unless instant attention be paid to it, in the present extreme confusion of affairs here, there would be even great
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 4: (search)
n, beseeching the Secretary to accept the services of men anxious to serve their country. No answer came for more than a fortnight after the President's call had been issued. A letter from Secretary Cameron was received by Governor Andrew, on the 22d of May. As a favor, Massachusetts was allowed to furnish six regiments of three years men. From among a number of letters written at this time, and upon this subject, we select the following, to Montgomery Blair, Postmaster-General:— May 6, 1861. Hon. Montgomery Blair, Washington, D. C. My dear friend,—Your last letter, in which was mentioned a possible plan for retaking Sumter, reached me in the midst of cares and toil, which have left no opportunity to pursue the subject. I do not know what may be your opinion, or that of the Administration, as to operating at that point. The whole matter has now assumed the broadest proportions, and we in Massachusetts are only anxious to be up to our whole duty; and it is my strong