In morning meets for several hours with General George B. McClellan and Assistant Secretary of War Thomas A. Scott. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 6 November 1861, 2:2.

President approves, with modification, plan for Missouri State Militia to cooperate with troops in service of U.S. in military operations within state. Order Approving the Plan of Governor Gamble of Missouri, 6 November 1861, CW, 5:15-17.

Receives telegram from Gen. Curtis that order relieving Gen. Fremont of command was delivered November 2, 1861. Curtis to Lincoln, 6 November 1861, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Postmaster Gen. Blair shows President telegram from Baltimore announcing election of whole Union ticket. Fulton to Blair, 6 November 1861, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Receives Col. Rush C. Hawkins of Hawkins Zouaves. New York Public Library, Bookmen's Holiday, 94.