Duplicate correspondence directed to and received from military offices

This series consists almost entirely of duplicate correspondence and special orders dating between May and August 1861.

In addition, there are a few items dating from 1862 and one document dating from 1866. These are mainly copies of bills, vouchers and ordnance inventories. The correspondence in this series deals almost exclusively with the organization and supply of volunteer units raised by the state in response to President Lincoln's call for men in 1861. To a lesser extent, the documents also deal with state militia units.

Series A4145, Letterbooks of Outgoing Correspondence

B0462, Correspondence and Petitions

and A4148, Telegrams Received and Sent, contain additional correspondence of the Adjutant General.

The provenance of this series is not clear since there are copies of correspondence received by and directed to various officers within the State's militia system. For example, there are copies of correspondence from the Adjutant General directed to the Commissary General, the Inspector General and the Quartermaster General but there are also documents from each of these officers directed to the Adjutant General and to one another. As a result, it is almost impossible to determine exactly which office collected the correspondence. Since these records were filed among other records of the Adjutant General's Office, they have been retained under that office.

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