[Grant is now assisting in the adjutant-general's office, as requested
by Governor Yates. In connection with the call for troops and the
enthusiastic response, he says elsewhere, "There was not a State in
the North of a million inhabitants that would not have furnished the
entire number faster than arms would have been supplied to them, if it
had been necessary."]
GENERAL HEAD-QUARTERS, STATE OF ILLINOIS,
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE
Springfield,
May 2nd, 1861.