President Abraham Lincoln , July 1, '62, Call for 300,000 Volunteers to help put down the Confederate rebellion. July 2, '62 Wednesday July 3, '62 Thursday Private and Confidential . If I had 50,000 additional troops here now I believe I could substantially close the war in two weeks. But time is everything, and if I get 50,000 new men in a month I shall have lost 90,000 old ones during the same mouth, having gained only 30,000, with the difference between old and new troops still against me. The quicker you send the fewer you will have to send.
Time is everything.
Please act in view of this. Give us the fifteen regiments if you can do so, and at the earliest moment, raising them on any plan you deem most expedient. When I sent you my dispatch yesterday I had not seen your call for 300,000 men. Indiana will furnish her full quota. Gov. Oliver P. Morton , July 4, '62, telegram reply to U.S. Sec. of War Stanton July 5, '62 Saturday July 6, '62 Sunday July 7, '62 Monday Indiana's Quota .