James R. Fry to Richard Yates

War Department, Provost Marshal General's Office, Washington, D. C. February 3d 1864.

Governor Yates Springfield Illiois

Your dispatch of second (2d) received. The calls made upon Illinois have been as follows. In Eighteen hundred & sixty one (1861) call for forty-seven thousand, seven hundred & eighty five (47,785). In July Eighteen hundred & sixty two (1862) call for Twenty Six thousand one hundred & Forty Eight (26,148) Volunteers for Three (3) years. In August Eighteen hundred & Sixty two (1862) call for Twenty Six thousand one hundred & forty eight. (26,148) Militia for nine (9) months The quota for draft in Eighteen hundred & Sixty three (1863) was Thirty Six thousand Seven hundred (36,700) The quota under call of October Seventeenth (17th) Eighteen hundred & Sixty three (1863) was Twenty Seven thousand Nine hundred ----& thirty (27,930) If this does not answer your inquiry satisfactorily please make your wishes known by letter. Signed James R Fry Provost Mar Genl Official Copy (illegible) Capt 16th Infty A.A.A. Genl