HEADQUARTERS,
Springfield, Ill., December 12, 1862.
His Excellency ABRAHAM LINCOLN:
Since my return here on the 25th October last, of orders to
assist the Governors of Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa in
mustering and forwarding troops, I have forwarded to the
rendezvous of the Mississippi expedition forty-nine regiments
of infantry and two batteries, containing upward of 40,000
men. There are still a few infantry regiments and batteries
nearly ready to march and a few others recruiting.
The work remaining to be done in those States may be
satisfactorily performed by the mustering officers of the U.
S. Army in those States, or by a member of my staff, and is
not of importance enough in my judgment to detain me from the
more advanced organization of the expedition and its movement
upon Vicksburg. May I not ask therefore to be sent forward
immediately?
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOHN A. McCLERNAND,
Major-General.
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