VOLUME SIX

CONSTITUTIONAL EDITION

Edited by Arthur Brooks Lapsley

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CONTENTS

[ THE WRITINGS OF A. LINCOLN, Volume Six, 1862-1863 ]

[ 1862 ]

[ RECOMMENDATION OF NAVAL OFFICERS ]

[ TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. ]

[ SPEECH TO THE 12TH INDIANA REGIMENT, MAY [15?] 1862 ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. McDOWELL. ]

[ MEMORANDUM OF PROPOSED ADDITIONS TO INSTRUCTIONS OF ABOVE DATE ]

[ MILITARY EMANCIPATION ]

[ FROM SECRETARY STANTON TO GENERAL McCLELLAN. ]

[ PROCLAMATION REVOKING GENERAL HUNTER'S ORDER OF MILITARY EMANCIPATION, ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. E. McCLELLAN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL McCLELLAN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL McCLELLAN ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL RUFUS SAXTON. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO COLONEL D. S. MILES. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. C. FREMONT. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL McDOWELL. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. W. GEARY. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. ]

[ ORDER TAKING MILITARY POSSESSION OF RAILROADS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY CHASE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL R. SAXTON. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. ]

[ HISTORY OF CONSPIRACY OF REBELLION ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. McDOWELL. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL McCLELLAN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. C. FREMONT. ]

[ TELEGRAM FROM SECRETARY STANTON TO GOVERNOR ANDREW. ]

[ TELEGRAM FROM SECRETARY STANTON TO GENERAL J. C. FREMONT, ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. McDOWELL. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. McDOWELL. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN ]

[ TELEGRAM FROM SECRETARY STANTON TO GENERAL FREMONT. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MARCY. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL N. P. BANKS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL FREMONT ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. McDOWELL. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MARCY. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. McDOWELL. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL N. P. BANKS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. McDOWELL. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL FREMONT. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. McDOWELL. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. ]

[ TELEGRAM FROM SECRETARY STANTON ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. McDOWELL. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. ]

[ TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL N. P. BANKS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. C. FREMONT. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. ]

[ TO GENERAL J. C. FREMONT. WASHINGTON, June 12, 1862. ]

[ MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. ]

[ TO GENERAL J. C. FREMONT. ]

[ TO GENERAL C. SCHURZ. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL N. P. BANKS. ]

[ TREATY WITH MEXICO ]

[ VETO OF A CURRENCY BILL ]

[ SPEECH AT JERSEY CITY, JUNE 24, 1862. ]

[ TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. ]

[ ORDER CONSTITUTING THE ARMY OF VIRGINIA. ]

[ TELEGRAM FROM SECRETARY STANTON TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. ]

[ TELEGRAMS TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE. ]

[ WAR DEPARTMENT, June, 28, 1862 ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. ]

[ TO SECRETARY SEWARD. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. A. DIX. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO FLAG-OFFICER L. M. GOLDSBOROUGH. ]

[ To GOVERNOR MORTON. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY SEWARD. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY SEWARD. WAR DEPARTMENT, June 30, 1862. ]

[ CALL FOR TROOPS. NEW YORK, June 30, 1862. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. A. DIX. ]

[ TELEGRAMS TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. ]

[ WASHINGTON, D.C., June 30, 1862. ]

[ CALL FOR 300,000 VOLUNTEERS, JULY 1, 1862. ]

[ EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, July 1, 1862 ]

[ PROCLAMATION CONCERNING TAXES IN REBELLIOUS STATES, JULY 1, 1862. ]

[ MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, JULY 1, 1862. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL McCLELLAN. ]

[ TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. ]

[ MESSAGE TO THE SENATE. ]

[ CIRCULAR LETTER TO THE GOVERNORS. ]

[ TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. A. DIX. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. ]

[ TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. ]

[ MEMORANDUM OF AN INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL McCLELLAN ]

[ ORDER MAKING HALLECK GENERAL-IN-CHIEF. ]

[ ORDER CONCERNING THE SOUTHWEST BRANCH OF THE PACIFIC RAILROAD. ]

[ MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. WAR DEPARTMENT, July 11, 1862. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. WAR DEPARTMENT, July 11, 1862. ]

[ APPEAL TO BORDER-STATES IN FAVOR OF COMPENSATED EMANCIPATION. ]

[ TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. T. BOYLE. ]

[ ACT OF COMPENSATED EMANCIPATION ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. ]

[ TO SOLOMON FOOT. ]

[ MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. July 17, 1862. ]

[ FELLOW-CITIZENS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. ]

[ ORDER IN REGARD TO BEHAVIOR OF ALIENS ]

[ ORDER AUTHORIZING EMPLOYMENT OF "CONTRABANDS." ]

[ WARNING TO REBEL SYMPATHIZERS ]

[ HOLD MY HAND WHILST THE ENEMY STABS ME ]

[ TO CUTHBERT BULLITT. ]

[ TO LOYAL GOVERNORS. ]

[ BROKEN EGGS CANNOT BE MENDED ]

[ TO COUNT GASPARIN. ]

[ SPEECH AT A WAR MEETING, WASHINGTON, AUGUST 6, 1862 ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR ANDREW. August 12, 1862. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR CURTIN. August 12, 1862. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL S. R. CURTIS. August 12, 1862. ]

[ ADDRESS ON COLONIZATION TO A DEPUTATION OF COLORED MEN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO OFFICER AT CAMP CHASE, OHIO. ]

[ TO HIRAM BARNEY. ]

[ NOTE OF INTRODUCTION. ]

[ TO Mrs. PRESTON. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BURNSIDE OR GENERAL PARKE. ]

[ TO G. P. WATSON. ]

[ TO HORACE GREELEY. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR YATES. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR RAMSEY. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO COLONEL HAUPT. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO COLONEL HAUPT. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BANKS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. T. BOYLE. ]

[ ORDER TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. G. WRIGHT. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. T. BOYLE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. E. WOOL. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B, McCLELLAN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL D. C. BUELL. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO T. WEBSTER. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. ]

[ TO GOVERNOR CURTIN. September 11, 1862. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR CURTIN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL C. B. McCLELLAN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR CURTIN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. G. WRIGHT. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. T. BOYLE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO A. HENRY. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. ]

[ REPLY TO REQUEST THE PRESIDENT ISSUE A PROCLAMATION OF EMANCIPATION. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. G. WRIGHT. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO J. K. DUBOIS. WASHINGTON, D.C., ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR CURTIN, ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR MORTON. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL KETCHUM. ]

[ PRELIMINARY EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, SEPTEMBER 22, 1862. ]

[ PROCLAMATION SUSPENDING THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, ]

[ REPLY TO SERENADE, SEPTEMBER 24, 1862. ]

[ RECORD EXPLAINING THE DISMISSAL OF MAJOR JOHN J. KEY ]

[ TO HANNIBAL HAMLIN. ]

[ TO GENERAL HALLECK. ]

[ REMARKS TO THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC AT FREDERICK, MARYLAND, ]

[ TELEGRAM FROM GENERAL HALLECK ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL McCLELLAN. ]

[ TO T. H. CLAY. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. T. BOYLE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL CURTIS. ]

[ TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR PIERPOINT. ]

[ EXECUTIVE ORDER ESTABLISHING A PROVISIONAL COURT IN LOUISIANA. ]

[ TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL JAMESON. ]

[ GENERAL McCLELLAN'S TIRED HORSES ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. ]

[ TO GENERAL DIX. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR CURTIN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. ]

[ MEMORANDUM. ]

[ ORDER RELIEVING GENERAL G. B. McCLELLAN ]

[ TELEGRAM TO M. F. ODELL. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO COLONEL LOWE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. POPE. ]

[ TO COMMODORE FARRAGUT. ]

[ ORDER CONCERNING BLOCKADE. ]

[ ORDER CONCERNING THE CONFISCATION ACT. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. ]

[ GENERAL ORDER RESPECTING THE OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH DAY ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BLAIR ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. A. DIX. ]

[ TO GOVERNOR SHEPLEY. ]

[ ORDER PROHIBITING THE EXPORT OF ARMS AND MUNITIONS OF WAR. ]

[ DELAYING TACTICS OF GENERALS ]

[ TO CARL SCHURZ. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE. ]

[ TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL BATES. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL CURTIS. ]

[ ON EXECUTING 300 INDIANS ]

[ ANNUAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, DECEMBER 1, 1862. ]

[ MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO H. J. RAYMOND. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO B. G. BROWN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. ]

[ MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. December 8, 1862. ]

[ TO GENERAL S. R. CURTIS. ]

[ TO J. K. DUBOIS. ]

[ MESSAGE TO THE SENATE. ]

[ MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. ]

[ TO FERNANDO WOOD. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL CURTIS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. H. SIBLEY. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL CURTIS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BURNSIDE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL CURTIS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BURNSIDE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR GAMBLE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL CURTIS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE. ]

[ TO SECRETARIES SEWARD AND CHASE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR ANDREW. ]

[ TO T. J. HENDERSON. ]

[ CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC ]

[ LETTER OF CONDOLENCE ]

[ TO SECRETARY OF WAR. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL CURTIS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR GAMBLE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO H. J. RAYMOND. ]

[ 1863 ]

[ EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, JANUARY 1, 1863. ]

[ TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. ]

[ MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ]

[ TO GENERAL S. R. CURTIS. ]

[ TO SECRETARY WELLES. ]

[ TO GENERAL S. L CURTIS. ]

[ TO CALEB RUSSELL AND SALLIE A. FENTON. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL ROSECRANS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX. ]

[ TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO B. G. BROWN. ]

[ CORRESPONDENCE WITH GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE, JANUARY 8, 1863. ]

[ HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, WASHINGTON, January 7, 1863. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL S. R. CURTIS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. ]

[ INSTRUCTION TO THE JUDGE-ADVOCATE-GENERAL. ]

[ MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. JANUARY 14, 1863. ]

[ TO SECRETARY OF WAR. ]

[ PRINTING MONEY ]

[ TO THE WORKING-MEN OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND. ]

[ MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. ]

[ FITZ-JOHN PORTER COURT-MARTIAL. ]

[ FROM GENERAL HALLECK TO GENERAL U. S. GRANT. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BURNSIDE. ]

[ ORDER RELIEVING GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE AND MAKING OTHER CHANGES. ]

[ TO GENERAL J. HOOKER. ]

[ MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BUTLER ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX. ]

[ TO THURLOW WEED. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SCHENCK. ]

[ TO THE WORKING-MEN OF LONDON, ENGLAND. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SCHENCK. [Cipher.] WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C., ]

[ MESSAGE TO THE SENATE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO SIMON CAMERON. ]

[ TO ALEXANDER REED. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO J. K. DUBOIS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER ]

[ PROCLAMATION CONVENING THE SENATE, FEBRUARY 28, 1863 ]

[ TO SECRETARY SEWARD. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR TOD, ]

[ PROCLAMATION RECALLING SOLDIERS TO THEIR REGIMENTS, MARCH 10, 1863 ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER. ]

[ TO SECRETARY SEWARD. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO J. O. MORTON. ]

[ GRANT'S EXCLUSION OF A NEWSPAPER REPORTER ]

[ TO BENJAMIN GRATZ. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL ROSECRANS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL S. A. HURLBUT. ]

[ QUESTION OF RAISING NEGRO TROOPS ]

[ PROCLAMATION APPOINTING A NATIONAL FAST-DAY. ]

[ LICENSE OF COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE. ]

[ TO GENERAL D. HUNTER. ]

[ PROCLAMATION ABOUT COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE, APRIL 2, 1863 ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER. ]

[ OPINION ON HARBOR DEFENSE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO OFFICER IN COMMAND AT NASHVILLE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO ADMIRAL S. P. DUPONT. ]

[ TO GENERAL D. HUNTER AND ADMIRAL S. F. DUPONT. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL S. HOOKER. ]

[ ON COLONIZATION ARRANGEMENTS ]

[ STATEHOOD FOR WEST VIRGINIA, APRIL 20, 1863. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. HOOKER. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR CURTIN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO W. A. NEWELL. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR CURTIN, ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR CURTIN ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL D. BUTTERFIELD. ]

[ GENERALS LOST ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. HOOKER. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BURNSIDE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER ]

[ TELEGRAM TO COLONEL R. INGALLS. ]

[ TO GENERAL J. HOOKER. ]

[ DRAFTING OF ALIENS ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. HOOKER. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. A. DIX. ]

[ TO SECRETARY SEWARD. ]

[ TO SECRETARY STANTON. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BUTTERFIELD. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR SEYMOUR ]

[ TELEGRAM TO A. G. HENRY. ]

[ TO GENERAL J. HOOKER. ]

[ FACTIONAL QUARRELS ]

[ TELEGRAM TO JAMES GUTHRIE. ]

[ TO SECRETARY OF WAR. ]

[ ORDERS SENDING C. L. VALLANDIGHAM BEYOND MILITARY LINES. ]

[ WAR DEPARTMENT, May 20, 1863. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL S. A. HURLBUT. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO ANSON STAGER. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO COLONEL HAGGARD. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BURNSIDE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SCHENCK. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR BUCKINGHAM. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. ]

[ TO GENERAL SCHOFIELD. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER. ]

[ TO ERASTUS CORNING. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. ]

[ TO J. K. DUBOIS AND OTHERS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO COLONEL LUDLOW. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO MAJOR-GENERAL HOOKER. [Cipher.] EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BUTTERFIELD. ]

[ TO SECRETARY STANTON. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO MRS. GRIMSLEY. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX, ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO J. P. HALE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO MRS. LINCOLN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO MRS. LINCOLN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER. ]

[ TO ERASTUS CORNING AND OTHERS. ]

[ TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL TYLER. ]

[ RESPONSE TO A "BESIEGED" GENERAL ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL KELLEY. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL R. C. SCHENCK. ]

[ NEEDS NEW TIRES ON HIS CARRIAGE ]

[ CALL FOR 100,000 MILITIA TO SERVE FOR SIX MONTHS, JUNE 15, 1863. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO P. KAPP AND OTHERS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEAGHER. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO MRS. LINCOLN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO COLONEL BLISS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO JOSHUA TEVIS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR TOD. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DINGMAN. ]

[ TO B. B. MALHIOT AND OTHERS. ]

[ TO GENERAL J. M. SCHOFIELD. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. HOOKER. ]

[ TO SECRETARY OF WAR. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO MAJOR VAN VLIET. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL COUCH. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL PECK. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SLOCUM. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BURNSIDE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR BOYLE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SCHENCK. ]

[ FURTHER DEMOCRATIC PARTY CRITICISM ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR PARKER. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO A. K. McCLURE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL COUCH. [Cipher] WASHINGTON CITY, June 30, 1863. 3.23 ]

[ TO GENERAL D. HUNTER. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BURNSIDE. ]

[ REASSURING SON IN COLLEGE ]

[ ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEWS FROM GETTYSBURG. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL FRENCH. [Cipher] WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C., ]

[ CONTINUED FAILURE TO PURSUE ENEMY ]

[ RESPONSE TO A SERENADE, ]

[ SURRENDER OF VICKSBURG TO GENERAL GRANT ]

[ TELEGRAM FROM GENERAL HALLECK TO GENERAL G. C. MEADE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL THOMAS. ]

[ NEWS OF GRANT'S CAPTURE OF VICKSBURG ]

[ TELEGRAM TO F. F. LOWE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO L. SWETT AND P. F. LOWE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO J. K. DUBOIS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SCHENCK. ]

[ TO GENERAL GRANT. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. M. SCHOFIELD. ]

[ SON IN COLLEGE DOES NOT WRITE HIS PARENTS ]

[ INTIMATION OF ARMISTICE PROPOSALS ]

[ PROCLAMATION FOR THANKSGIVING, JULY 15, 1863 ]

[ TELEGRAM TO L. SWETT. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO SIMON CAMERON. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO J. O. BROADHEAD. ]

[ TO GENERAL LANE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR MORTON. ]

[ TO GOVERNOR PARKER ]

[ TO GENERAL SCHOFIELD. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. M. SCHOFIELD ]

[ TO POSTMASTER-GENERAL BLAIR ]

[ TO SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. ]

[ LETTER TO GOVERNOR PARKER. ]

[ To GENERAL G. G. MEADE. (Private.) ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. B. BURNSIDE. ]

[ TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. ]

[ TO SECRETARY STANTON. ]

[ ORDER OF RETALIATION. ]

[ TO GENERAL S. A. HURLBUT. ]

[ TELEGRAM FROM GOVERNOR SEYMOUR. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR SEYMOUR ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL FOSTER. ]

[ TO GENERAL N. P. BANKS. ]

[ TO GOVERNOR SEYMOUR. ]

[ TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT. ]

[ TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. ]

[ TO GOVERNOR SEYMOUR. ]

[ TO GENERAL J. A. McCLERNAND. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR SEYMOUR. ]

[ To J. H. HACKETT. ]

[ TO F. F. LOWE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SCHOFIELD. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO MRS. GRIMSLEY. ]

[ TO CRITICS OF EMANCIPATION ]

[ TO JAMES CONKLING. ]

[ TO SECRETARY STANTON. ]

[ TO GOVERNOR SEYMOUR. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. M. SCHOFIELD. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. G. MEADE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO F. C. SHERMAN AND J. S. HAYES. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL FOSTER. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL CRAWFORD. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO L. SWETT. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO MRS. LINCOLN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO J. C. CONKLING. ]

[ TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. ]

[ TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. ]

[ POLITICAL MOTIVATED MISQUOTATION IN NEWSPAPER ]

[ ORDER CONCERNING COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO J. SEGAR. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO MRS. LINCOLN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY STANTON. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO F. C. SHERMAN AND J. S. HAYES. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL WHEATON. ]

[ TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO H. H. SCOTT. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO J. G. BLAINE. ]

[ PROCLAMATION SUSPENDING WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, SEPTEMBER 15, 1863. ]

[ TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO MRS. SPEED. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SCHENCK. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. ]

[ REQUEST TO SUGGEST NAME FOR A BABY ]

[ TELEGRAM TO MRS. ARMSTRONG. ]

[ TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. ]

[ MILITARY STRATEGY ]

[ TELEGRAM TO MRS. LINCOLN. ]

[ TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO O. M. HATCH AND J. K. DUBOIS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO MRS. LINCOLN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. ]

[ PROCLAMATION OPENING THE PORT OF ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. ]

[ MRS. LINCOLN'S REBEL BROTHER-IN-LAW KILLED ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL McCALLUM. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. ]

[ TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SCHOFIELD. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO F. S. CORKRAN. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL TYLER ]

[ TO GENERAL SCHOFIELD. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL S. M. SCHOFIELD. ]

[ PROCLAMATION FOR THANKSGIVING, OCTOBER 3, 1863. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. M. SCHOFIELD. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. ]

[ TO C. D. DRAKE AND OTHERS. ]

[ THE CASE OF DR. DAVID M. WRIGHT ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO W. S. ROSECRANS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G. G. MEADE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO WAYNE McVEIGH. ]

[ TO THURLOW WEED. ]

[ TO L. B. TODD. ]

[ AID TO MRS. HELM, MRS. LINCOLN'S SISTER ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL FOSTER. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO T. W. SWEENEY. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO T. C. DURANT. ]

[ COMMENT ON A NOTE. ]

[ TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. ]

[ CALL FOR 300,000 VOLUNTEERS, OCTOBER 17, 1863. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL FOSTER. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO W. B. THOMAS ]

[ TELEGRAM TO J. WILLIAMS AND N. G. TAYLOR. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO T. C. DURANT. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. ]

[ TELEGRAM TO GENERAL R. C. SCHENCK. ]

[ TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK. ]

[ TO E. B. WASHBURNE. ]

[ TO SECRETARY CHASE. ]

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THE WRITINGS OF A. LINCOLN,
Volume Six, 1862-1863

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VOLUME SIX

CONSTITUTIONAL EDITION

Edited by Arthur Brooks Lapsley

THE WRITINGS OF A. LINCOLN,Volume Six, 1862-1863

THE WRITINGS OF A. LINCOLN,
Volume Six, 1862-1863