Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 4 [Mar. 5, 1860-Oct. 24, 1861].

Annotation

[1]   ALS, CSmH. On June 18, 1861, Lamon reported from Williamsport, Maryland, on his recruitment of Virginians: ``The refugees are still coming from the `sacred soil'---(that formerly flowed with milk & honey)---I wish you would see Mr Cameron and get him to authorise me to have those Virginians mustered . . . without reference to the minimum number. . . . I fear an enormous expense individually in provisioning the men as they come. . . . Lieut Smalley . . . Qt-Master and Commissary---is unwilling to muster in the men until each

particular Co. shall have 85 men. . . . '' (DLC-RTL). Lamon was ``Colonel'' by appointment of Governor Yates of Illinois, February 9, 1861, but had no federal commission in the army.