From the May 6, 2011, Indianapolis Star "Hoosiers stepped up to Civil War cause" by James Glass.
On April 16, 1861, Indiana Governor Oliver P. Morton, called for 18-45 year-olds to form Indian's quota of six militia regiments. He met that quota in a week and in early May, another five were formed. He appointed Crawfordsville native Lew Wallace, a Mexican War veteran to be state adjutant general to run the whole mobilization.
On April 17th, the state opened the main training center at the new state fairgrounds at 19th and Delaware streets and named it Camp Morton.
In May, General George B. McClellan, commander of the Ohio State Militia, addressed Indiana's troops in a field (now part of the IUPUI campus).
The 13th Indiana Regiment organized and trained at the former military reservation under Col. Jeremiah Sullivan and it was renamed Camp Sullivan, training Indiana troops for the rest of the war.
More to Come. --Old Secesh
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