JOHN BROUGH,
Governor of Ohio.
O.P. MORTON,
Governor of Indiana.
RICHARD YATES,
Governor of Illinois.
WM. M. STONE,
Governor of Iowa.
JAMES T. LEWIS,
Governor of Wisconsin.
APRIL 23, 1864.
The foregoing proposition of the governors is accepted, and the Secretary of War is directed to carry it into execution.
A. LINCOLN.
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
Washington, May 9, 1864.
To the Friends of the Union and Liberty: