{"id":106459,"date":"2021-05-17T02:00:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T07:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/?p=106459"},"modified":"2021-05-16T10:06:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T15:06:22","slug":"the-troops-called-into-service-from-new-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/the-troops-called-into-service-from-new-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"The troops called into service from New Mexico."},"content":{"rendered":"
War Department<\/span>,<\/span><\/div>\n
Washington, May 17, 1861.<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
The Governor of New Mexico<\/span>:<\/div>\n
Sir<\/span>: I have the honor to forward you, inclosed herewith, the plan of the organization of the volunteers for three years, or during the war. Two regiments are assigned to your Territory. In making up this quota of three-years\u2019 men you will please act in concert with the mastering officers sent to your Territory, who will represent this Department.<\/span><\/div>\n
Hon. F. P. Stanton has been specially delegated to proceed to Kansas and New Mexico to give attention to the interests of those affected by the present condition of affairs and the consequent movement of troops with whom you will please to confer on the subject. The troops called into service from your Territory are intended for its protection, both against hostile Indians and domestic foes. They will be posted by order of the proper commanding officer with a view to these objects. The regular troops now in service will be mostly withdrawn from your Territory, and it is intended that the troops raised by you shall take their place.<\/span><\/div>\n
Very respectfully,<\/span><\/div>\n
SIMON CAMERON<\/span><\/div>\n
Secretary of War.<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

War Department, Washington, May 17, 1861. The Governor of New Mexico: Sir: I have the honor to forward you, inclosed herewith, the plan of the organization of the volunteers for three years, or during the war. Two regiments are assigned to your Territory. In making up this quota of three-years\u2019 men you will please act […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":68551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-106459","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-war-of-the-rebellion-a-compilation-of-the-official-records-of-the-union-and-confederate-armies"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/simon-cameron.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}