[76] Report of Judge-Advocate General, April 30, 1864.
[77] March 7, 1864.
[78] Jan. 2, 1863.
[79] Dec. 22, 1863.
[80] "After having made these declarations in good faith and in writing, you can conceive of my embarrassment at now having brought to me what purported to be a formal order of the War Department, bearing date November 30, 1863, giving Bishop Ames control and possession of all the Methodist churches in certain Southern military departments whose pastors have not been appointed by a loyal bishop or bishops, and ordering the military to aid him against any resistance which may be made to his taking such possession and control. What is to be done about it?" [Lincoln to Stanton, MS., Feb. 11, 1864.]
[81] Lincoln to Hogan, Feb. 13, 1864.
[82] Lincoln MS., March 4, 1864.
[83] Lincoln MS., May 13, 1864.
[84] War Records, Vol. XVII, pp. 424, 530.
[85] General McDowell used to tell a story which illustrates Mr. Lincoln's Sabbatarian feeling. The President had ordered a movement which required dispatch, and in his anxiety rode to McDowell's headquarters to inquire how soon he could start. "On Monday morning," said McDowell; "or, by pushing things, perhaps Sunday afternoon." Lincoln, after a moment's thought, said, "McDowell, get a good ready and start Monday." [Herman Haupt, MS. Memoirs.]