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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 5: (search)
ctance and regret, that the course of proceeding under Major-General Butler in this Commonwealth seems to have been designed and adapted simply to afford means to persons of bad character to make money unscrupulously, and to encourage men whose unfitness had excluded them from any appointment by me to the volunteer military service, to hope for such appointment over Massachusetts troops from other authority than that of the Executive of Massachusetts. To this letter Mr. Sumner wrote, Jan. 10, 1862, I am authorized by the War Department to say, that, if you will send on your programme with reference to General Butler, it shall be carried out, and the department (of New England) given up. Please let me know your desires. This was received by the Governor on the 14th; and he immediately telegraphed, as an answer, The President has my programme written, replying to his telegram of last Saturday. My letters should be directly, and not indirectly, answered by the President or Departme