[Illustration: Lieutenant-General T. J. Jackson.]
The following is the dispatch sent to the Governor of Massachusetts:
"WASHINGTON, Sunday, May 25, 1862.
"To the Governor of Massachusetts.
"Intelligence from various quarters leaves no doubt that the enemy in great force are marching on Washington. You will please organize and forward immediately all the militia and volunteer force in your State.
"EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War."
This alarm at Washington, and the call for more troops for its
defense, produced a most indescribable panic in the cities of the
Northern States on Sunday the 25th, and two or three days afterward.
The Governor of New York on Sunday night telegraphed to Buffalo,
Rochester, Syracuse, and other cities, as follows:
"Orders from Washington render it necessary to send to that city all
the available militia force. What can you do?
"E. D. MORGAN."
Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania, issued the following order: