| Wednesday, January 15, 1862.Washington, DC.
| President's nomination of E. M. Stanton for secretary of war confirmed by Senate.
National Intelligencer, 16 January 1862. In
evening Charles H. Upton, district commissioner, at White House by appointment;
but leaves after long wait without seeing President. Upton
to Lincoln, 16 January 1862, Abraham Lincoln
Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Lincoln writes to
Major-General Henry W. Halleck and introduces former lieutenant-governor of
Illinois Gustave Koerner. With Halleck's consent, Lincoln would like to "make
[Koerner] a brigadier-general" under Halleck's command. Lincoln assures Halleck
that Koerner will help to ease the tensions among the German-American Union
soldiers who are upset over the "want of pay." Lincoln refers to Koerner as a
"personal friend" and he adds, "[H]e will simply be an efficient, zealous, and
unselfish assistant to you." Abraham Lincoln to Henry W.
Halleck, 15 January 1862, CW,
5:99-100; Abraham Lincoln to Gustave P. Koerner, 15 January 1862,
CW, 5:100-101; Henry W. Halleck to Abraham Lincoln, 21 January
1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of
Congress, Washington, DC. |