The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln

In 1953, the Abraham Lincoln Association published The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, a multi-volume set of Lincoln's correspondence, speeches, and other writings. Roy P. Basler and his editorial staff, with the continued support of the association, spent five years transcribing and annotating Lincoln's papers. The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln represented the first major scholarly effort to collect and publish the complete writings of Abraham Lincoln, and the edition has remained an invaluable resource to Lincoln scholars. Through the efforts of the Abraham Lincoln Association, the edition is now available in electronic

Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5. Publication Info: Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Digital Library Production Services 2001 Availability: Individuals may freely copy these texts for personal use, research, and teaching (including distribution to classes) as long as this statement of availability is included in the text. Creators of Internet editions of all kinds, including for-profit works, may link to this resource. Publishers, libraries, and other information providers interested in providing this text in a commercial or non-profit product or from an information server must contact the Abraham Lincoln Association for licensing and cost information. Scholars interested in changing or adding to these texts by, for example, creating a new edition of the text (electronically or in print) with substantive editorial changes, may do so only with the permission of the Abraham Lincoln Association. Authors of such an edition must secure permission whether the new publication will be made available at a cost or free of charge. Print source: Collected works. The Abraham Lincoln Association, Springfield, Illinois. Roy P. Basler, editor; Marion Dolores Pratt and Lloyd A. Dunlap, assistant editors. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. New Brunswick, N.J: Rutgers University Press, 1953. URL: http://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln5

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To William H. Seward Document Annotation To William H. Seward Document Annotation To F. M. Magrath Document Annotation Memorandum: Answer to Ebenezer White Document Annotation To George D. Ramsay Document Annotation Memorandum: Appointment of Daniel P. Abercrombie Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation Order Retiring Winfield Scott from Command Document Annotation Remarks to Winfield Scott Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation Memorandum Document Annotation To William H. Seward Document Annotation To Joseph G. Totten Document Annotation To Gideon Welles Document Annotation

To William K. Strong Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To Oliver P. Morton Document Annotation To Samuel R. Curtis Document Annotation To James Guthrie, George D. Prentice, and James Speed Document Annotation Memorandum: Appointment of Charles Devens Document Annotation Endorsement: Petition for Formation of a District of Columbia Regiment Document Annotation Order Approving the Plan of Governor Gamble of Missouri Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To William H. Seward Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation Reply to Edward Count Piper Document Annotation To James W. Ripley Document Annotation Memorandum: Appointment of Richard C. Vaughan Document Annotation To Jose Joaquin Perez Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation

To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To John A. McClernand Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To John A. Dahlgren Document Annotation Appointment of Delano T. Smith Document Annotation To Joseph Holt Document Annotation Appointment of George Harrington Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To Gideon Welles Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation Reply to Delegation of Baltimore Citizens Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To Lorenzo Thomas Document Annotation To George Bancroft

Document Annotation To Edward Everett Document Annotation To William H. Seward Document Annotation To Hiram Walbridge Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To Caleb B. Smith Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To Thomas A. Scott Document Annotation Drafts of a Bill for Compensated Emancipation in Delaware Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation Memorandum: Advice to Mrs. Stephen A. Douglas Document Annotation Order for Day of Thanksgiving Document Annotation To William H. Seward Document Annotation To Salmon P. Chase

Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation Memorandum: Appointment of Isaac E. Pearson Document Annotation To Gideon Welles Document Annotation Memorandum to George B. McClellan on Potomac Campaign Document Annotation To Henry W. Halleck Document Annotation Annual Message to Congress Document Annotation Form Letter to Chaplains Document Annotation Endorsement on Bill Rendered by Daniel B. Pond Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To the House of Representatives Document Annotation To the House of Representatives Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation Memorandum: Appointment of Henry D. Wallen Document Annotation

To William H. Seward Document Annotation To Mrs. Susannah Weathers Document Annotation To Edward Bates Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation To Joseph G. Totten Document Annotation Memorandum: Appointment of George H. Palmer Document Annotation To Gideon Welles Document Annotation To Gideon Welles Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To Joseph G. Totten Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To the House of Representatives Document Annotation

To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To William H. Seward Document Annotation To William H. Seward Document Annotation Draft of a Dispatch in Reply to Lord John Russell Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To Samuel R. Curtis Document Annotation To William M. Dunn Document Annotation Memorandum: Appointment of August Willich and George W. Hazzard Document Annotation To William H. Seward Document Annotation To George H. Stuart Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation

Memorandum: Appointment of George May Document Annotation Note on Photographs of Members of Lincoln's Cabinet Document Annotation To Caleb B. Smith Document Annotation To Whom it May Concern Document Annotation To Arnold Fischel Document Annotation To John F. Lee Document Annotation To John F. Lee Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation To Gideon Welles Document Annotation Memorandum: Appointment of Harrison G. Fitzhugh or Captain Johnson Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation Draft of Letter to the Senate Prepared for Ward H. Lamon Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation To William H. Seward Document Annotation To William H. Seward

Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation To the Senate and House of Representatives Document Annotation To Alexander II Document Annotation Appointment of George Harrington Document Annotation To Montgomery C. Meigs Document Annotation Memorandum: Appointment of Richard C. Churchill Document Annotation To James W. Ripley Document Annotation To William H. Seward Document Annotation To William H. Seward Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To the Senate and House of Representatives Document Annotation To John F. Lee Document Annotation To Caleb B. Smith Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To Simon Cameron

Document Annotation To the House of Representatives Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation Endorsement Document Annotation Memorandum: Henry W. Halleck and James H. Lane Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To Henry Liebman Document Annotation Memorandum: Appointment of George R. Edwards Document Annotation To William H. Seward Document Annotation To Joseph G. Totten Document Annotation To Edward Bates Document Annotation Note Document Annotation To Andrew Porter Document Annotation To the Senate and House of Representatives Document Annotation

To William H. Seward Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To Agenor-Etienne Gasparin Document Annotation To Henry W. Halleck and Don C. Buell Document Annotation To David Hunter Document Annotation To William H. Seward Document Annotation To Joseph G. Totten Document Annotation To George D. Ramsay Document Annotation Memorandum Concerning Sylvester R. Knight Document Annotation To Don C. Buell Document Annotation Draft of a Proclamation to People of Maryland Document Annotation To Henry W. Halleck Document Annotation To Henry W. Halleck Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To Salmon P. Chase Document Annotation To the Senate and House of Representatives Document Annotation Appointment

Document Annotation Appointment of Thomas Feran Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation To Don C. Buell Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To Montgomery C. Meigs Document Annotation To Don C.Buell Document Annotation To Don C.Buell Document Annotation To Henry W. Halleck Document Annotation To Francis T. King and Others Document Annotation To Hiram Barney Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To Seth Williams Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document

Annotation To William Vandever Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To the Senate and House of Representatives Document Annotation To John A. Andrew Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To Simon Cameron Document Annotation To William H. Seward Document Annotation To Don C. Buell Document Annotation To Henry W. Halleck Document Annotation To Thomas A. Scott Document Annotation To Henry W. Halleck Document Annotation To Gustave P. Koerner Document Annotation To Gideon Welles Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation To the Senate and House of Representatives Document Annotation

To William H. Seward Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To John F. Lee Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Joseph G. Totten Document Annotation Appointment of Charles E. Mix Document Annotation To Montgomery C. Meigs Document Annotation To Luiz I Document Annotation To Luiz I Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation Memorandum Document Annotation Note to Admit German Committee Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation To William H. Seward Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Andrew H. Foote

Document Annotation To Heads of Departments and Bureaus Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation To the Senate and House of Representatives Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation Memorandum: Appointment of Harvey C. Johns Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation President's General War Order No. 1 Document Annotation To Henry A. Wise Document Annotation To John P. Hale Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation Endorsement: Letter of James Speed Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation Endorsement Document Annotation To William H. Seward

Document Annotation To John Z. Goodrich Document Annotation President's Special War Order No. 1 Document Annotation To the Senate and House of Representatives Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To John F. Lee Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Queen Victoria Document Annotation To William H. Herndon Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To Charles Rehm Document Annotation To the King of Siam Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Lazarus W. Powell Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation Stay of Execution for Nathaniel Gordon Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document

Annotation To Gideon Welles Document Annotation To Edward Bates Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To David Hunter and James H. Lane Document Annotation To the Senate and House of Representatives Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To Salmon P. Chase Document Annotation To Isabel II Document Annotation To Isabel II Document Annotation To the Senate and House of Representatives Document Annotation To Henry W. Halleck Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To William A. Newell Document Annotation Proclamation for Celebration of Washington's Birthday Document Annotation

To the Senate and House of Representatives Document Annotation To the Senate and House of Representatives Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation Order Relating to Commercial Intercourse Document Annotation Memorandum: Appointment of Samuel E. Gross Document Annotation To Park Benjamin Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To the House of Representatives Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation To the Senate and House of Representatives Document Annotation To the Senate and House of Representatives Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Green Adams Document Annotation

Reply to Federico Barreda Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Whom It May Concern Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation To William H. Seward Document Annotation Message to Congress Document Annotation To Edward Bates Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation To William H. Seward Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Gideon Welles Document Annotation To James Cooper and Others Document Annotation Memorandum: Appointment of William H. Upham Document Annotation President's General War Order No. 2 Document Annotation President's General War Order No. 3 Document Annotation

To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Joseph G. Totten Document Annotation To Henry J. Raymond Document Annotation To Don C. Buell Document Annotation To Salmon P. Chase Document Annotation Check to ``Tad'' Lincoln Document Annotation To Gideon Welles Document Annotation President's War Order No. 3 Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Gideon Welles Document Annotation To John A. Dahlgren Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation To Hiram Barney Document Annotation To Henry A. Brown Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To William H. Seward Document Annotation Speech to a Massachusetts Delegation

Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Orville H. Browning Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To James A. McDougal Document Annotation To John G. Nicolay Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation To the Senate and House of Representatives Document Annotation To Montgomery C. Meigs Document Annotation To William H. Seward Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edward Bates Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Samuel B. Tobey Document

Annotation To Francis H. Peirpoint Document Annotation To the Senate and House of Representatives Document Annotation To William H. Seward Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Henry W. Halleck Document Annotation To Mrs. Irvin McDowell Document Annotation To John C. Fremont Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Horace Greeley Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edward Bates Document Annotation To John F. Lee Document Annotation To John F. Lee Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To the Senate and House of Representatives Document Annotation

To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To George D. Ramsay Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Henry B. Whipple Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To William H. Seward Document Annotation To Joseph Smith, John Lenthall, Edward Hartt and Benjamin F. Isherwood Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation Pass for James F. Harney Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edward L. Baker Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Joseph G. Totten

Document Annotation To Michael Crock Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Henry W. Halleck Document Annotation To Henry W. Halleck Document Annotation To Montgomery C. Meigs Document Annotation To William H. Seward Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Henry W. Halleck Document Annotation To Montgomery C. Meigs Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To the House of Representatives Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document

Annotation To William H. Seward Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Henry W. Halleck Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation Memorandum Document Annotation Proclamation of Thanksgiving for Victories Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation To Richard Yates and William Butler Document Annotation Memorandum: Appointment of John C. Robinson Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To William H. Seward Document Annotation To William H. Seward Document Annotation To Whom It May Concern Document Annotation To the House of Representatives Document

Annotation Memorandum Concerning Stephen Baker Document Annotation To James W. Ripley Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation Message to Congress Document Annotation To James W. Ripley Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To John Eastham Document Annotation To the Senate and House of Representatives Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edward Bates Document Annotation Memorandum Document Annotation To Edward Bates Document Annotation

To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To James G. Berret Document Annotation To John A. Dahlgren Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To James W. Ripley Document Annotation To Montogomery Blair Document Annotation To David P. Holloway Document Annotation Reply to Lorenzo Montufar Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation To Luiz I Document Annotation To the House of Representatives Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Andrew Johnson Document Annotation To Lulu Waldron Document Annotation To Henry W. Bellows Document Annotation To Hannibal Hamlin Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton

Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edward Bates Document Annotation To John A. Dahlgren Document Annotation To Henry W. Halleck Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation To Edward Bates Document Annotation Memorandum: Appointment of George W. Garrett Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Louis M. Goldsborough

Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To Louis M. Goldsborough Document Annotation To Henry W. Halleck Document Annotation Proclamation Raising the Blockade of Certain Ports Document Annotation To Lorenzo Thomas Document Annotation To Edward Bates Document Annotation To Charles L. Flint Document Annotation To Abraham Hart Document Annotation Response to Evangelical Lutherans Document Annotation Speech to the Twelfth Indiana Regiment Document Annotation To the Senate and House of Representatives Document Annotation To the Senate and House of Representatives Document Annotation To I. A. Gere, A. A. Reese, and George D. Chenoweth Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document

Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Henry Wilson Document Annotation To Valentine B. Horton Document Annotation To Irvin McDowell Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation To Salmon P. Chase Document Annotation To Irvin McDowell Document Annotation To Mary Motley Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation Appointment of George Harrington Document Annotation To John A. Dix Document Annotation Proclamation Revoking General Hunter's Order of Military Emancipation of May 9, 1862 Document Annotation Reply to Maryland Slaveholders Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation

To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Lady Villiers Document Annotation To James G. Bennett Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To The Senate Document Annotation To James F. Simmons Document Annotation To Charles Sumner Document Annotation To William A. Hammond Document Annotation To the House of Representatives Document Annotation Memorandum: Appointment of George Montagu Hicks Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To the House of Representatives Document Annotation To John C. Fremont Document Annotation To John C. Fremont Document Annotation

To Henry W. Halleck Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To Irvin McDowell Document Annotation To Irvin McDowell Document Annotation To Dixon S. Miles Document Annotation To Rufus Saxton Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation To Salmon P. Chase Document Annotation To John W. Geary Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To Rufus Saxton Document Annotation To Rufus Saxton Document Annotation To Rufus Saxton Document Annotation To Edward Bates Document Annotation To Andrew G. Curtin

Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To Irvin McDowell Document Annotation To the Senate and House of Representatives Document Annotation To John C. Fremont Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To Irvin McDowell Document Annotation To Irvin McDowell Document Annotation To Irvin McDowell Document Annotation To Irvin McDowell Document Annotation Recommendation for Ward H. Lamon Document Annotation To Nathaniel P. Banks Document Annotation To John C. Fremont Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To Irvin McDowell Document

Annotation To Randolph B. Marcy Document Annotation To Randolph B. Marcy Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To an Unidentified Person Document Annotation To Nathaniel P. Banks Document Annotation To John C. Fremont Document Annotation To John C. Fremont Document Annotation To John C. Fremont Document Annotation To Irvin McDowell Document Annotation To Irvin McDowell Document Annotation To Irvin McDowell Document Annotation To Irvin McDowell Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Elihu B. Washburne Document Annotation To George A. McCall Document Annotation

To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To Edward Bates Document Annotation To Salmon P. Chase Document Annotation To Montgomery C. Meigs Document Annotation Memorandum Document Annotation To James W. Ripley Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To Irvin McDowell Document Annotation To Edward Bates Document Annotation To Edward Bates Document Annotation To Henry W. Halleck Document Annotation To William A. Hammond Document Annotation To the House of Representatives

Document Annotation To Andrew Johnson Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation To Henry W. Halleck Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Caleb B. Smith Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation Recommendation for Edward Burke Document Annotation To John A. Dahlgren Document Annotation To Henry W. Halleck Document Annotation To Nathaniel P. Banks Document Annotation To John C. Fremont Document

Annotation To Andrew Johnson Document Annotation To Edward Bates Document Annotation To the Senate and House of Representatives Document Annotation To Edward Bates Document Annotation To Edward Bates Document Annotation To Edward Bates Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edward Bates Document Annotation To John C. Fremont Document Annotation To the House of Representatives Document Annotation To Benjamin F. Larned Document Annotation To John C. Fremont Document Annotation To the Senate and House of Representatives Document Annotation To Edward Bates Document Annotation To John C. Fremont Document Annotation

To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To John C. Fremont Document Annotation To Carl Schurz Document Annotation To the House of Representatives Document Annotation To Edward Bates Document Annotation To Henry W. Halleck Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To Oliver P. Morton Document Annotation To Lorenzo Thomas Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To the Provost Marshal Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation Remarks to a Delegation of Progressive Friends Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Nathaniel P. Banks Document Annotation To the Senate

Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation Remarks at Jersey City, New Jersey Document Annotation To Edward Bates Document Annotation To John W. Crisfield Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation Order Constituting the Army of Virginia Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation To Ambrose E. Burnside Document Annotation To Quintin Campbell Document Annotation To John A. Dix Document Annotation To Louis M. Goldsborough Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To Oliver P. Morton Document Annotation To William H. Seward Document

Annotation To William H. Seward Document Annotation To William H. Seward Document Annotation Call for Troops Document Annotation To John A. Dix Document Annotation To Henry W. Halleck Document Annotation To William H. Seward Document Annotation To James S. Wadsworth Document Annotation Memorandum: Appointment of A. Keller, Jr. Document Annotation Call for 300,000 Volunteers Document Annotation To Benjamin F. Larned Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation Proclamation Concerning Taxes In Rebellious States Document Annotation To the Senate and House of Representatives Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To an Unknown Person Document Annotation

To Edward Bates Document Annotation To Henry W. Halleck Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To Edwin D. Morgan Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation To John A. Dix Document Annotation To Andrew Johnson Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Union Governors Document Annotation To John A. Dix Document Annotation To Henry W. Halleck Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation Remarks to Delegation of Veterans of 1812 Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To the Senate

Document Annotation To Henry W. Halleck Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To Hiram P. Bennet Document Annotation To John G. Nicolay Document Annotation Memorandum of Interviews Between Lincoln and Officers of the Army of the Potomac Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation Order Making Henry W. Halleck General-in-Chief Document Annotation To Henry W. Halleck Document Annotation To Andrew Johnson Document Annotation Order Extending the Pacific Railroad Document Annotation To the Senate Document Annotation To the Senate and House of Representatives Document Annotation To Caleb B. Smith Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation Appeal to Border State Representatives to Favor Compensated Emancipation Document

Annotation To the House of Representatives Document Annotation To Rufus King Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Lorenzo Thomas Document Annotation To Jeremiah T. Boyle Document Annotation To Jeremiah T. Boyle Document Annotation To Henry W. Halleck Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To Salmon P. Chase Document Annotation To Henry W. Halleck Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation Note Concerning John R. Kenly Document Annotation To the Senate and House of Representatives Document Annotation To James W. White, Robert H. McCurdy, and Frederick S. Winston Document Annotation

To Solomon Foot Document Annotation To Solomon Foot Document Annotation To Galusha A. Grow Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation Memorandum: Appointment of John West Document Annotation Remarks to Committee of Reformed Presbyterian Synod Document Annotation To the Senate and House of Representatives Document Annotation To the Senate and House of Representatives Document Annotation To Salmon P. Chase Document Annotation Memorandum: Michigan Appointments Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edward Bates Document Annotation To William H. Fry Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To George B. McClellan

Document Annotation Order Concerning Subjects of Foreign Powers Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Gideon Welles Document Annotation To Salmon P. Chase Document Annotation Emancipation Proclamation---First Draft Document Annotation Memorandum on Recruiting Negroes Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To William H. Seward Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To James Dixon Document Annotation To William A. Hammond Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation Order for Observance of Death of Martin Van Buren Document Annotation Proclamation of the Act to Suppress Insurrection Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Lorenzo Thomas Document

Annotation To Reverdy Johnson Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Cuthbert Bullitt Document Annotation Appointment of Charles E. Mix Document Annotation To Hamilton R. Gamble Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Union Governors Document Annotation To Edward Bates Document Annotation Memorandum: Appointment of Robert T. Knight Document Annotation Recommendation of Hawkins Taylor Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To John F. Lee Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To August Belmont Document

Annotation Memorandum: Appointment of James Farrington Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Joseph A. Wright Document Annotation To Edward Bates Document Annotation To Mary L. Booth Document Annotation To Andrew H. Foote Document Annotation To Sydney H. Gay Document Annotation To Salmon P. Chase Document Annotation To Henry W. Halleck Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To John P. Usher Document Annotation To Gideon Welles Document Annotation To Agenor-Etienne de Gasparin Document Annotation Remarks to Deputation of Western Gentlemen Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Lorenzo Thomas Document

Annotation To Whom It May Concern Document Annotation Address to Union Meeting at Washington Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Salmon P. Chase Document Annotation To Cary H. Fry Document Annotation To Henry W. Halleck Document Annotation To Amos A. Lawrence Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Salmon P. Chase Document Annotation To John F. Lee Document Annotation To John F. Lee Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Queen Victoria Document Annotation To John M. Clay Document Annotation To Sydney H. Gay Document Annotation To Henry W. Halleck Document Annotation

To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edward Bates Document Annotation To Ambrose E. Burnside Document Annotation To William H. Seward Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton Document Annotation To John A. Andrew Document Annotation To Cassius M. Clay Document Annotation To Andrew G. Curtin Document Annotation To Cary H. Fry Document Annotation To William Hoffman Document Annotation To George B. McClellan Document Annotation To Edwin M. Stanton

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THE COLLECTED WORKS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN Vol. 5

THE HISTORY BOOK CLUB EDITION Page 1

To David Hunter [1]Washington, Oct. 24, 1861 Sir: The command of the Department of the West having devolved upon you, I propose to offer you a few suggestions, knowing how hazzardous it is to bind down a distant commander in the field to specific lines and operations, as so much always depends on a knowledge of localities & passing events. It is intended therefore, to leave a considerable margin for the exercise of your judgment & discretion. The main rebel army (Prices) [2] west of the Mississippi, is believed to have passed Dade county, in full retreat upon North-Western Arkansas, leaving Missouri almost freed from the enemy, excepting in the South-East of the State. Assuming this basis of fact, it seems desireable, as you are not likely to overtake Price, and are in danger of making too long a line from your own base of supplies and reinforcements, that you should give up the pursuit, halt your main army, divide it into two corps of observation, one occupying Sedalia, and the other Rolla, the present termini of Railroads; then recruit the condition of both corps, by re-establishing, and improving, their discipline and instruction; perfecting their clothing and equipments, and providing less uncomfortable quarters. Of course both Railroads must be guarded, and kept open, judiciously employing just so much force as is necessary for this. From these two points, Sedalia and Rolla, and especially in judicious co-operation with Lane on the Kansas border, it would be so easy to concentrate, and repel any army of the enemy returning on Missouri from the South-West, that it is not probable any such attempt to return will be made before, or during, the approaching cold weather. Before spring the people of Missouri will be in no favorable mood to renew, for next year, the troubles which have so much afflicted, and impoverished them during this. If you adopt this line of policy, and if, as I anticipate, you willPage 2 see no enemy in great force approaching, you will have a surplus of force, which you can withdraw from these points and direct to others, as may be needed, the railroads furnishing ready means of re-inforcing these main points, if occasion requires. Doubtless local uprisings, for a time, will continue to occur; but these can be met by detachments, and local forces of our own, and will, ere long, tire out of themselves. While, as stated at the beginning of this letter, a large discretion must be, and is, left with yourself, I feel sure that an indefinite pursuit of Price, or an attempt, by this long and circuitous route, to reach Memphis, will be exhaustive beyond endurance, and will end in the loss of the whole force engaged in it. Your Obt. Servt. A. LINCOLN. To the Commander of the Department of the West.

Annotation[1] ALS, CSmH; ADf (fragment), DLC-RTL. The fragment in the Lincoln Papers is a portion of Lincoln's first draft beginning ``on the Kansas border'' and ending with the last words (``tire out of themselves'') in the next to last paragraph. Although Lincoln's letter to Curtis (supra) indicates that this letter to Hunter, as well as General Orders No. 18, was to be enclosed, it seems evident that Lincoln decided to withhold it a few days, and in fact enclosed it in another letter to Curtis on October 28 (q.v. infra). Lincoln's suggestions to Hunter originated in the War Department. A preliminary draft (DNA WR RG 94, Adjutant General, Letters Received, P 943) bearing Winfield Scott's endorsement (``It is hoped the President will modify freely the within. W.S.'') is as follows: ``To Major Genl. Hunter, U.S. Volunteers. Washington, Oct. 24, 1861. ``Sir: The command of the Department of the West, having, for a time, devolved upon you, I propose to offer you a few suggestions, knowing how hazardous it is to bind down a distant commander in the field to specific lines & operations, as so much always depends on a knowledge of localities & of passing events. It is intended, therefore, to leave a considerable margin for the exercise of your judgement & discretion. ``The main rebel army (Price's) west of the Mississippi, is believed to have passed Cedar county, in full retreat upon Southern Kansas & the Indian country, leaving Missouri almost freed from the enemy, excepting in the South-East of the State. Assuming this basis, it seems desirable, as you are not likely to overtake Price, that you should give up the pursuit, halt your main army; divide it into two corps of observation, one occupying Sedalia & the other Rolla, the termini of rail roads; then recruit both corps, & re-establish their discipline & instruction. As you will probably, have a surplus of force after guarding those important points, that surplus would be disposable for other points---say the South Eastern part of the State &c. &c. ``It is particularly expected of you to look into the many reported extravagancies & abuses, in public money & property, in your Department, to arrest any officer on evidence of probable guilt, & to dismiss other faulty agents.'' [2] Major General Sterling Price, ex-governor of Missouri (1853-1857).

To Caleb B. Smith [1]October 24, 1861 The within letter of the Secretary of the Navy, is written concerning the proposed contract with my indorsement thereon which isPage 3 herewith inclosed. After it was written a promise was obtained from me that I would submit it to the Secretary of the Interior, asking him, if he could spare the time, to form a definite opinion whether such a contract can legally, and ought to be made. Oct. 24, 1861. A. LINCOLN

Annotation[1] AES, DNA FI RG 56, General Records, Treasury Department, Series AB, 1861, Letters from Executive Officers, II, 5a. Lincoln's endorsement is written on the back of a letter from Gideon Welles, August 29, 1861, in which the secretary states he has not ``the time necessary to investigate the subject of the proposed Chiriqui contract. . . . if any contract is to be made, it should be by some other officer than myself. . . .'' The presence of this letter among the records of the Treasury Department arises from the fact of its later referral there. Chase wrote Lincoln on November 12, ``I have given the Chiriqui

business all the consideration I could today; and am much impressed by the prospects it offers. . . . At present I am not prepared for a conclusion; but as soon as I return from New York I will give it special attention. . . .'' (DLC-RTL). Francis P. Blair, Sr., seems also to have been called upon for an opinion, for in a lengthy and favorable report Blair recommended that Henry T. Blow, U.S. minister to Venezuela, be sent to Chiriqui to examine the premises for the government (F. P. Blair, Sr., to Lincoln, November 16, 1861, ibid.). Although the Blairs went so far as to prepare an order assigning Captain Ambrose Thompson (son of Ambrose W. Thompson, who headed the Chiriqui Improvement Company) as military escort for Henry T. Blow and an order detaching a vessel from the fleet for the purpose of conveying him (Francis P. Blair, Jr., to Montgomery Blair [December, 1861?] ibid.), Lincoln seems not to have followed their recommendations. The Chiriqui project was held in abeyance until April, 1862.

To Simon Cameron [1]October 25, 1861 I have no doubt that the gentlemen named within, are true and faithful; and that their mission of charity is most worthy, and praiseworthy. A. LINCOLN Oct. 25. 1861.

Annotation[1] AES, IHi. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter from General John E. Wool, October 23, 1861, introducing Reverend Marble N. Taylor and Chaplain T. W. Conway ``on an errand of charity and humanity.'' Below Lincoln's endorsement Cameron wrote ``I heartily approve the mission of these gentlemen. SIMON CAMERON.'' There is no further record of the mission, but Chaplain Conway and Reverend Taylor (a Methodist minister and Virginian by birth, who was declared provisional governor of North Carolina by the Hatteras Convention on November 18, 1861) were active in organizing Unionists in North Carolina. See Lincoln to George Bancroft, November 18, infra.

Memorandum: Letter of Samuel T. Glover [1]I have not had time to read this. Please read & return it. Oct. 25. 1861 A. LINCOLN

Annotation[1] AES, DLC-RTL. Lincoln's endorsement is written on the back of an eight-page letter from Samuel T. Glover, October 19, 1861, giving advice on problems confronting the government. To whom Lincoln referred the letter is not known. Page 4

Recommendation for a Pass [1]October 25, 1861 The loyalty of Mr. Larrabee, as seen within, is vouched by Gov. Hicks. He wishes a pass for himself and driver, to cross and recross the Potomac, taking oysters to our camps. I think he should have the pass. A. LINCOLN

Oct. 25, 1861.

Annotation[1] AES, owned by Lemuel A. Welles, New York City. Mr. Larrabee has not been identified.

To Simon Cameron [1]October 26, 1861 Mr. Brown, named within, says a Mr. Hill [2] of Toledo Ohio, was appointed a Major in one of the new regular regiments, & resigned, thus making a vacancy, which is not yet filled. He wishes the place, & I have no objection, believing him to be a worthy gentleman. A. LINCOLN Oct. 26. 1861

Annotation[1] AES, Parke-Bernet, Feb 17, 1970. Illinois. Lincoln's endorsement is written on the back of a letter from Representative James M. Ashley of Ohio, asking that Samuel E. Brown, appointed captain in the Seventeenth Infantry, Regular Army, be given a majority. An endorsement by Benjamin F. Wade concurs in Ashley's request. There is no record of Samuel E. Brown's appointment as major. [2] Charles W. Hill, who declined appointment in the Regular Army, but served as colonel of the One Hundred Twenty-eighth Ohio Infantry.

To Simon Cameron [2]Sec. of War, please see the bearer, nephew of Hon. John M. Botts. Oct. 26. 1861. A. LINCOLN

Annotation[1] ALS, DLC-Cameron Papers. The nephew has not been positively identified but may have been Randolph Botts of New York, appointed captain and quarter-master of Volunteers July 17, 1862.

To George B. McClellan [1]Major. Gen. McClellan Executive Mansion My dear Sir Oct. 26. 1861 A battery of repeating guns, on wheels, can be seen at the Arsenal any hour to-day. Could you, without inconvenience, see them at 3. or 4. o clock---please answer. Yours A. LINCOLN Page 5

Annotation[1] ALS, PP. McClellan's reply dated ``Saturday Morning'' expressed his regrets that it would scarcely be possible for him to return from the review of General Fitz-John Porter's division, scheduled at 11 A.M., in time to keep the appointment (DLC-RTL).

To William H. Seward [1]Hon. Sec. of State Executive Mansion My dear Sir Oct. 26. 1861. This will introduce Judge A. D. Russell, of New-York, who comes to me with a very kind letter of introduction from Mr. Bennett of the Herald. Please give him a kind reception. Yours truly A. LINCOLN

Annotation[1] ALS, NAuE. James Gordon Bennett's letter of October 22, introduced Russell as ``. . . a most worthy and competent man for any species of public service. . . .'' (DLC-RTL). Abraham D. Russell was a municipal judge of New York City.

Authorization for the Pembroke [1][October 28, 1861] Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America To all whom these presents may concern Greeting: Know Ye, that, whereas, by the first section of the Act of Congress approved the 5th. of August last, entitled ``An Act supplementary, to an Act entitled `An act to protect the commerce of the United States, and Punish the Crime of Piracy,''' it is enacted ``That any vessel or boat which shall be built, purchased, fitted out in whole or in part, or held for the purpose of being employed in the commission of any piratical aggression, search, restraint, depredation, or seizure, or in the commission of any other act of piracy, as defined by the law of nations, shall be liable to be captured and brought into any port of the United States if found upon the high seas, or to be seized if found in any port or place within the United States, whether the same shall have actually sailed upon any piratical expedition or not, and whether any act of piracy shall have been committed or attempted upon or from such vessel or boat or not; and any such vessel or boat may be adjudged and condemned, if captured by a vessel authorized as herein after mentioned, to the use of the United States and to that of the captors, and if seized by a collector, surveyor, or marshal, then to the use of the United States, after due process and trial, in like mannerPage 6 as is provided in section four of the act to which this act is supplementary, which section is hereby made in all respects applicable to cases arising under this act.'' And whereas by the second section of the same Act, the President of the United States is authorized to instruct the commander of any suitable vessel to subdue, seize, take, and, if on the high seas, to send into any port of the United States any vessel or boat, built, purchased, fitted out or held as in the said first section mentioned: Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, in pursuance of the authority thus in me vested, do hereby authorize the propeller Pembroke, owned by R. B. Forbes of Boston and commanded by to take any vessel or boat, built, purchased or fitted out as aforesaid, and for so doing, this shall be his warrant. [L.S.]

Given under my hand and the seal of the United States at Washington this twenty-eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty one, and of the Independence of the United States the eighty-sixth. By the President: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.

Annotation[1] Copy, DNA WR NB RG 45, Executive Letters, No. 96a.

To Simon Cameron [1]Executive Mansion, Oct. 28, 1861. I have not sufficient time to study and mature an opinion on this plan. If the Secretary of War has confidence in it, and is satisfied to adopt it, I have no objections. A. LINCOLN.

Annotation[1] William R. Plum, The Military Telegraph During the Civil War . . . . (1882), I, 129. According to Plum's account, Lincoln's endorsement was written on a letter from Thomas A. Scott, October 28, 1861, referring to the president Anson Stager, general superintendent of Western Union at Cleveland, Ohio, with a plan for managing the military telegraph. Cameron approved the plan, and Stager was commissioned captain and assigned to duty in the War Department, where he served as chief of U.S. Military Telegraph with rank of colonel from February 26, 1862.

To Simon Cameron [2]Wampole. Will Gen. Cameron please find something for Col. Wampole? The within papers are ample & excellent. A. LINCOLN Oct. 28. 1861 Page 7

Annotation[1] AES, DNA FS RG 59, Appointments, Box 398. Lincoln's endorsement is written on an envelope containing recommendations of Elias Wampole of Pennsylvania. There is no record of Wampole's appointment to a War Department post, but he was nominated consul at Laguayra, Venezuela, on February 10, and confirmed March 6, 1862.

To Samuel R. Curtis [1]Executive Mansion, Brigadier General S. R. Curtis. Washington, Oct. 28. 1861. My dear Sir. Herewith is a document, half letter, half order, which, wishing you to see, but not to make

public I send unsealed. Please read it, and then inclose it to the officer who may be in command of the Department of the West, at the time it reaches him. I can not now know whether Fremont, or Hunter will then be in command. Yours truly A. LINCOLN

Annotation[1] ALS, IHi. This letter appears in the Official Records (I, III, 555) under date of October 24 with a note appended as follows: ``No inclosure found, but see Lincoln to Commander of Department of the West, October 24, p. 553.'' The editors' belief is that Lincoln held the letter to the Commander of the Department of the West until October 28 in order to give his letter to Curtis enclosing General Orders No. 18, time to be put in force. See Lincoln to Curtis, October 24, supra.

Memorandum: Resolutions of United Presbyterian Synod [1]To be presented to the Cabinet next Tuesday. Pres. Genl. Ass. Oct. 28, 1861.

Annotation[1] AE, DLC-RTL. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a communication from the United Presbyterian Synod of New York and New Jersey sending resolutions passed by the assembly concerning slavery and the war. Secretary Seward acknowledged the resolutions and expressed the president's thanks for the invocations and support of the Synod, November 27, 1861.

To Simon Cameron [1]October 29, 1861 I wish a point strained to have Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson obliged by the appointment of James L. Cramer to a Paymastership. Although Mr. Cramer's name is not in this letter, it nevertheless, was given Mr. Paine, to procure Mr. Cramer's appointment. Oct. 29. 1861 A. LINCOLN

Annotation[1] AES, IHi. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter from Daniel S. Dickinson introducing ``my good friend Col. N. E. Paine of Western N. Y.'' James L. Cramer was not appointed additional paymaster of Volunteers until January 23,Page 8 His appointment was confirmed by the Senate February 19, recalled February 21, and returned by the president to the Senate February 24, 1863. Cramer's service record shows him to have served, however, until February 15, 1866.

To Simon Cameron [2]Sec. of War, please see Mr. King & Mr. Paine. Oct. 29, 1861 A. LINCOLN

Annotation[1] ALS, DLC-Cameron Papers. Senator Preston King and N. E. Paine of Rochester, New York, probably called on Cameron about the appointment of James L. Cramer, supra.

To William H. Seward [1]October 29, 1861 If the Consul at Jerusalem has resigned (as I believe he has) let Hon. Mr. Dunn of Indiana, be obliged by the appointment of Josiah S. Weyer, of Ia. to the the [sic] place. A. LINCOLN Oct 29. 1861.

Annotation[1] AES, NAuE. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter from Representative William M. Dunn, October 29, 1861, requesting appointment of Josiah S. Weyer of Indiana, to the consulship of Jerusalem. There is no record of Weyer's appointment.

To William H. Seward [2]Sec. of State, please see this lady. She wishes the bond may be several & not joint. I think it might be so. A. LINCOLN Oct. 29, 1861.

Annotation[1] Parke-Bernet Catalog 73, December 6, 1938, No. 133. According to the catalog description, Lincoln's note concerned the case of John Williams, arrested as a spy. Mrs. Cecilia Williams, wife of John Williams, Jr., Norfolk, Virginia, who had been arrested in Boston on orders of General Benjamin F. Butler, arranged for her husband's release on oath and $ 10,000 bond. Seward to John A. Dix, October 31, 1861, ``In answer to your note of the 29th. . . handed to me by Mrs. Williams. . . the U.S. district attorney. . . has been authorized to accept the sureties. . . severally instead of jointly. . . .'' (OR, II, II, 461).

To F. M. Magrath [1]Executive Mansion Rev. F. M. Magrath Washington, D.C. October 30, 1861. Sir: Having been solicited by Christian Ministers, and other pious people, to appoint suitable persons to act as Chaplains at the hospitals for our sick and wounded soldiers, and feeling the intrinsic propriety of having such persons to so act, and yet believing there is no law conferring the power upon me to appoint them, IPage 9 think fit to say that if you will voluntarily enter upon, and perform the appropriate duties of such position, I will recommend that Congress make compensation therefor at the same rate as Chaplains in the army are compensated. A. LINCOLN

Annotation[1] Tracy, p. 196. See Lincoln to John J. Hughes, October 21, supra, and Form Letter to Chaplains, December 3, 1861, infra. Although Lincoln sent this letter to at least seven chaplains, none of the originals have been located by the editors.

Memorandum: Answer to Ebenezer White [1][c. October 30, 1861] I am to examine this & have Mr. Hay write the writer.

Annotation[1] AE, DLC-RTL. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter from Ebenezer White to Lyman Trumbull, October 30, 1861, asking assistance in getting authorization for recruiting ``a Company of Mounted Sappers, Miners, & Engineers'' for General Lane's Kansas Brigade. John Hay's notation follows Lincoln's endorsement, ``Answered November 6, 1861.''

To George D. Ramsay [1]If the gentlemen bearing this are, as they say, workmen in the line of work at the Arsenal, I think Major Ramsay better employ them. Oct. 31. 1861 A. LINCOLN

Annotation[1] ALS-P, ISLA.

Memorandum: Appointment of Daniel P. Abercrombie [1][November, 1861?] Very high recommendations for Daniel P. Abercrombie to be a Cadet. Mr. Train [2] of Mass. introduces the boy & mother, the latter being very anxious for the appointment.

Annotation[1] AE, DNA WR RG 94, U.S. Military Academy, 1862, No. 4, Box 80. There is no record of Abercrombie's appointment. Lincoln's endorsement is written on an undated envelope, but the recommendations indicate November, 1861, as probable date of the endorsement. [2] Charles R. Train.

To George B. McClellan [1]Private. Major General Geo. B. McClellan Executive Mansion My dear Sir Nov. 1. 1861 Lieut. Genl. Scott having been, upon his own application, placed on the list of retired officers, with his advice, and the concurrence of the entire cabinet, I have designated you to command the whole Page 10Army. You will, therefore, assume this enlarged duty at once, conferring with me so far as necessary. Yours truly A. LINCOLN P.S. For the present, let Gen. Wool's command be excepted [2] AL

Annotation[1] ALS, DLC-McClellan Papers. See Lincoln's order retiring General Scott, infra. [2] Lincoln's exception of General Wool may be explained by the fact that the elderly general had let it be known that he would resign if any younger officer were appointed commander-in-chief (Ira Harris to Lincoln, November 1, and John Jay to Lincoln, November 2, 1861, DLC-RTL).

Order Retiring Winfield Scott from Command [1]Executive Mansion, Washington, November 1, 1861. On the 1st day of November, A.D. 1861, upon his own application to the President of the United States, Brevet Lieutenant General Winfield Scott is ordered to be placed, and hereby is placed, upon the list of retired officers of the Army of the United States, without reduction in his current pay, subsistence, or allowances. The American people will hear with sadness and deep emotion that General Scott has withdrawn from the active control of the army, while the President and a unanimous Cabinet express their own and the nation's sympathy in his personal affliction and their profound sense of the important public services rendered by him to his country during his long and brilliant career, among which will ever be gratefully distinguished his faithful devotion to the Constitution, the Union, and the Flag, when assailed by parricidal rebellion. [2] ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Annotation[1] AGO General Orders No. 94, November 1, 1861. General Scott's retirement had been delayed since August 9, by the president's request. Although Scott's physical infirmity was the reason given the public for his retirement, McClellan had long been in disagreement with his superior, and on August 8 wrote him a letter which Scott deemed an insult. Scott's letter to Cameron of August 9, indicated the nub of dissension as follows: ``McClellan has propagated, in high quarters, the idea expressed in the letter before me, that Washington was not only `insecure,' but in `imminent danger' . . . . I am confident in the opposite opinion. . . . Accordingly I must beg the President. . . to allow me to be placed on the officers' retired list. . . .'' (DLC-RTL). On August 10, Lincoln asked McClellan to withdraw his critical letter and requested Scott to withdraw his resignation. Scott wrote to Cameron, August 12, that he still wished to resign because of his conviction that McClellan intended to maintain an attitude of insubordination: ``The original offence given to me by. . . McClellan. . . seems to have been the result

of deliberation between him & some of the members of the cabinet, by whom all the greater war questions are to be settled---without report to, or consultation with, me. . . .'' (DLC-RTL). [2] A preliminary draft of this paragraph, in the handwriting of Salmon P. Chase, is as follows: ``The President avails himself of this occasion to express to Lieutenant General Page 11Scott his profound sense of the important services rendered by him to his country during his long and brilliant career; among which a grateful people will ever especially distinguish his faithful devotion to the Constitution, the Union & the Flag, when assailed by parricidal rebellion.'' (DLC-RTL).

Remarks to Winfield Scott [1]November 1, 1861 GENERAL: You will naturally feel solicitude about the gentlemen of your staff, who have rendered you and their country such faithful service. I have taken that subject into consideration. I understand that they go with you to New-York. I shall desire them at their earliest convenience, after their return, to make their wishes known to me. I desire you now, however, to be satisfied that, except the unavoidable privation of your counsel, and society, which they have so long enjoyed, the provision which will be made for them will be such as to render their situation hereafter as agreeable as it has been heretofore.

Annotation[1] New York Tribune, November 2, 1861. Following the cabinet meeting at which Scott's resignation was accepted and McClellan's appointment decided upon, the president and cabinet members called at Scott's residence. Lincoln read the order of retirement, to which General Scott replied in a simple and moving speech, after which Lincoln's brief remarks were made.

To Simon Cameron [1]November 2, 1861 I think any officer who has been dismissed on suspicion of disloyalty, but does not go over to the enemy, continuing to protest his loyalty, entitles himself to a hearing, and I hope this case will be enquired into. A. LINCOLN Nov. 2, 1861.

Annotation[1] Copy, ISLA. Lincoln's endorsement is on a letter from First Lieutenant George T. Balch, November 2, 1861, requesting a court of inquiry for Captain John McNab (see Lincoln to Cameron, August 10, supra).

To Simon Cameron [2]If the within request can be consistently granted, I shall be very glad for it to be done. A. LINCOLN Nov. 2. 1861

Annotation[1] AES, IHi. Lincoln's endorsement is written on the back of a letter from Colonel James S. Jackson of the Third Kentucky Cavalry, October 28, 1861, asking that Captain William B. Lane lately resigned from the Third U.S. Cavalry in New Mexico, be permitted to withdraw his resignation and ``. . . takePage 12 the place in my Regiment vacated by the appointment of R[ichard] W Johnson Brigadier General.'' A further endorsement by the adjutant general's office, November 5, 1861, declares that permission had already been given to Lane to withdraw his resignation.

To Simon Cameron [1]November 2, 1861 If the appointment within recommended, can be made, without interfering, with the appointment of Buchanan, already recommended by Gen'l Scott, let it be done.

Annotation[1] American Art Association Anderson Galleries Catalog 4325, April 29-30, 1937, No. 322. According to the catalog description, Lincoln's endorsement is written on the back of a letter from George B. McClellan, recommending Major John Oakes for inspector general. There is, however, no record of John Oakes. Major James Oakes of the Fifth Cavalry, who was later made inspector of cavalry, may have been the man McClellan recommended, and Lieutenant Colonel Robert C. Buchanan may have been the officer recommended by Scott, but neither is listed in the inspector general's office by the U.S. Official Register.

Memorandum [1][November 2, 1861?] Moving the guns---Sickles--New-Department, Lane. Missouri---Strong Missouri---Gamble. Harbor defences.

Annotation[1] AD, DLC-RTL. Lincoln's memorandum is on a small card. The bracketed date is that assigned to the document as cataloged in the Lincoln Papers. Presumably the memorandum was jotted down as a reminder of problems currently pressing for solution. See Lincoln to Strong, November 3, to Cameron, November 4, and the order approving Governor Gamble's plan, November 6, infra. Recommendations for formation of a new military department west of Missouri were currently under consideration, and a letter from Benjamin F. Wade, Zachariah Chandler, and David Kilgore, November 1, 1861, recommended the appointment of General James Lane as commander of the proposed department (ibid.).

To William H. Seward [1]November 2, 1861 As this recommendation is made by Bishops Janes & Simpson, I am anxious an appointment to a Consulship shall be made accordingly, if one can be found. A. LINCOLN Nov. 2, 1861 Page 13

Annotation[1] Stan. V. Henkels Catalog 1154, December 8, 1915, No. 179A. According to the catalog description, Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter from Methodist Bishops Edmund S. Janes and Matthew Simpson, but the name of the person recommended is not given.

To Joseph G. Totten [1]November 2, 1861 If Genl Totten & myself are both alive, and in place in June 1862, & he Genl T. will remind me of it, I then wish to give a Cadetship to a son of Professor Mahan. A LINCOLN Nov 2. 1861

Annotation[1] Copy, DNA WR RG 94, U.S. Military Academy, 1861, Box 79, No. 558. Frederick A. Mahan, son of Dennis H. Mahan, professor of civil and military engineering at West Point, was not appointed until July 1, 1863.

To Gideon Welles [1]November 2, 1861 This will be handed to you by the daughter of Major Marston of the Marine Corps. She desires to have her father placed on active duty. I shall be glad for her to be obliged if it can consistently be done.

Annotation[1] American Art Association Catalog, January 21-22, 1926, No. 335. According to the catalog description, this communication is an ALS. The U.S. Official Register for 1863, lists Lieutenant Colonel Ward Marston, commanding Marine Barracks, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

To William K. Strong [1](Copy of Ans' sent Nov. 3. 1861) Gen. McClellan is in command of substantially the whole Army, including the Department of the West A LINCOLN

Annotation[1] ALS copy, DLC-RTL. Lincoln's copy of his reply (probably by telegram) to General Strong is written on the back of a telegram received from Strong, St. Louis, November 2, 1861, ``Do you let us know I beg of you who is in command of this department. The suspense we are in working most disastrously I fear all will be lost unless there is some power established by you at once that will be respected & obeyed.'' (DLC-RTL).

To Simon Cameron [1]November 4, 1861 Respectfully submitted to the Secretary of War, with the suggestion that it be laid before the Engineer and Ordnance bureaus, respectively, for examination and report. A. LINCOLN. November 4, 1861 Page 14

Annotation[1] Thirty-seventh Congress, Second Session, House of Representatives Executive Document No. 14, p. 6. Lincoln's endorsement is on a letter from Governor Israel Washburn, Jr., of Maine, October 23, 1861, concerning coastal defenses of his state. House Document No. 14 prints numerous communications concerned with preparation of plans for construction of fortifications to be financed by the federal government.

To Oliver P. Morton [1]With the consent of Gov. Morton I concur with the suggestion of the Sec. of War. A. LINCOLN Nov. 4. 1861

Annotation[1] AES, CSmH-Eldridge Collection. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter from Schuyler Colfax to Cameron, October 24, 1861, requesting appointment of ex-Senator Graham N. Fitch (18571861) as brigadier general. Lincoln's endorsement follows that of Cameron recommending the appointment on condition that Fitch ``. . . raise three more regiments, independently of those being organized by the Governor.'' Fitch was appointed colonel of the Forty-sixth Indiana Infantry, November 1, 1861, and served until August 2, 1862.

To Samuel R. Curtis [1]November 5, 1861 What has been done in the matter sent you by Mr. Swett?

Annotation[1] Metropolitan Art Association Catalog, January 14, 1914, No. 494. According to the catalog

description, this communication is an autograph dispatch. Leonard Swett did not report on his mission until November 9 (see Lincoln to Curtis, October 24, supra, and note), but Curtis replied by telegraph, November 6, ``Your orders were sent and delivered at Genl Fremonts Head Quarters November second. . . .'' (DLC-RTL).

To James Guthrie, George D. Prentice, and James Speed [1]James Guthrie Head-Quarters, G. D. Prentice & James Speed. Army of the Potomac, Jeffersonville, Indiana. Washington, Nov. 5. 1861. How near to Louisville is Buckner? Is he moving towards Louisville? Has he crossed Green River? Is the bridge over Green River repaired? Can he cross Green River in face of McCook? If he were on the North side of Green River, how long could McCook hold him out of Louisville, holding the railroad with power to destroy it inch by inch? A. LINCOLN

Annotation[1] ALS, DLC-McClellan Papers. Lincoln's communication was prompted by a telegram of the same date from the men whom he addressed, reading as follows: ``If Sherman is not promptly reinforced he may meet fate of Lyon in Missouri.Page 15 The consequences of such a result you can see.'' (DLC-RTL). A longer telegram received the same day from George D. Prentice estimated Buckner's force as ``four (4) probably six (6) or seven (7) times'' Sherman's. No reply to Lincoln's specific queries is in the Lincoln Papers.

Memorandum: Appointment of Charles Devens [1]November 5, 1861 To-day, Nov. 5, 1861, Mr. James Lawrence, Dr. Russell, and Attorney General, Foster, call, and two of them recommend that Col. Charles Devens be made a Brigadier General.

Annotation[1] AD, IHi. Of several persons bearing the name, this James Lawrence has not been positively identified, but Dr. Ira Russell was surgeon in the Eleventh Massachusetts Infantry, and Dwight Foster was attorney general of Massachusetts. Colonel Charles Devens of the Fifteenth Massachusetts Infantry was made brigadier general of Volunteers, April 15, 1862.

Endorsement: Petition for Formation of a District of Columbia Regiment [1]I join Gen. McClellan in the above recommendation. Nov. 6, 1861 A. LINCOLN

Annotation[1] Copy, DNA WR RG 153, Judge Advocate General, KK 438. Lincoln's endorsement is preserved in

an attested copy of the petition signed by Isaac A. Peck and others, October 28, 1861, for formation of a District of Columbia regiment, filed with the court-martial record of Charles McHannon, private Company G, Second Regiment, District of Columbia Volunteers, pardoned January 23, 1865, for desertion (q.v. infra).

Order Approving the Plan of Governor Gamble of Missouri [1]November 6, 1861 This plan, approved with the modification that the Governor stipulates that when he commissions a major-general of militia it shall be the same person at the time in command of the United States Department of the West, and in case the United States shall change such commander of the department, he, the Governor, will revoke the State commission given to the person relieved, and give one to the person substituted to the United States command of said department. A. LINCOLN.

Annotation[1] OR, I, VIII, 456. Hamilton R. Gamble, under direction of resolutions passed by a Missouri convention on October 31, 1861, went to Washington to present his plan of co-operation between state and federal authority in Missouri. AlthoughPage 16 dated at the Executive Mansion, November 5, presumably the draft of Gamble's plan had been previously prepared. The text of the plan approved is as follows: ``Executive Mansion, Washington, November 5, 1861. ``The Governor of the State of Missouri, acting under the direction of the Convention of that State, proposes to the Government of the United States that he will raise a military force, to serve within the State as State militia during the war there, to co-operate with the troops in the service of the Uni