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d by Brigadier-General Thomas W. Sherman, U. S. A. General Sherman arrived in Boston about the first of September, bringing with him a letter to Governor Andrew from Hon. Simon Cameron, Secretary of War, dated Washington, Aug. 27, in which he renews a previous request, that you, the Governor, will put three regiments, as soon as they can be prepared for service, under the orders of General Sherman, who will indicate the place of rendezvous. The place of rendezvous was somewhere in Long Island, N. Y. On the next day after this letter was written,—namely, on the 28th of August,—Colonel David K. Wardwell, who had commanded a company in the Fifth Regiment, three months militia, received authority from Secretary Cameron to raise a regiment of volunteers in this State. He was instructed to report to His Excellency the Governor of Massachusetts, from whom you will receive instructions and orders in reference to the regiment which this department has authorized you to raise. Governor An