Lincoln asks Sec. Stanton to appoint Dr. Isaac I. Hayes, surgeon and Arctic explorer, surgeon of volunteers. Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 1 March 1862, CW, 5:140.

President interviews Col. Blair on case of Gen. Sigel. Boston Advertiser, 4 March 1862.

Transmits to Congress documents relating to: 1. assignment of regular army officers to duty in field and recruiting service; 2. convention with Granadian Confederation; 3. culture of cotton in African possessions of Portugal; 4. interest of Italy in "Trent" affair. Abraham Lincoln to the House of Representatives, 3 March 1862, CW, 5:140; Abraham Lincoln to the Senate, 3 March 1862, CW, 5:140-41; Abraham Lincoln to the Senate and House of Representatives, 3 March 1862, CW, 5:141; Abraham Lincoln to the Senate and House of Representatives, 3 March 1862, CW, 5:141.

In evening group of congressmen holds long conference with President on state of Union. N.Y. Tribune, 4 March 1862.

Lincoln orders Sec. Stanton to prepare formal nominations for appointment of nine major generals and nine brigadier generals. Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 3 March 1862, CW, 5:142.

President and Gen. Hunter appear before Committee on Conduct of War regarding Kansas affairs. Philadelphia News, 5 March 1862.

Receives Federico L. Barreda, new minister from Peru. National Intelligencer, 4 March 1862.

Asst. Sec. Fox notifies President that USS Monitor is on way to Hampton Roads. Bruce, Tools of War, 172.

In evening Sen. Browning (Ill.) accompanies wife and daughter of Col. John Symington of Pittsburgh to see President. Browning, Diary.

Lincoln writes endorsement: "Edward Burke, the bearer of this, was at service in this Mansion for several months now last past; and during all the time he appeared to me to be a competent, faithful, and very genteel man." Abraham Lincoln to Whom It May Concern, 4 March 1862, CW, 5:143-44.

Senate confirms appointment of Sen. Andrew Johnson (Tenn.) as military governor of Tennessee. Senate Executive Journal.

President summons cabinet to meet at 7 P.M. Probably discusses compensated emancipation. Abraham Lincoln to William H. Seward, 5 March 1862, CW, 5:144.

Receives and deposits in Riggs Bank February salary warrant for $2,083.34. Pratt, Personal Finances, 182.

President invites Senator Charles Sumner (Mass.) to White House shortly after breakfast to discuss compensated emancipation. Pierce, Sumner Memoir and Letters, 4:64.

Recommends to Congress gradual, compensated emancipation. Message to Congress, 6 March 1862, CW, 5:144-46.

Attends funeral service for General Frederick W. Lander at residence of Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 6 March 1862, 3:6.

Approves act requiring that oath of allegiance be administered to masters of American vessels clearing for foreign or other ports during present rebellion. Stat. L., XII, 354.

Confers with James F. B. Marshall of Massachusetts and Hawaii "on the question of the Honolulu Commissioner." Abraham Lincoln to William H. Seward, 7 March 1862, CW, 5:147.

Consults with Gen. McClellan about his peninsular plan of campaign to capture Richmond. Thomas Harry Williams, Lincoln and the Radicals (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1941), 118.

Visits Fox's residence and in his absence talks half hour with Mrs. Gustavus V. Fox. Fox, Diary, Gist-Blair Family Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Transmits to Senate treaty and papers signed at Paola, Kans., with united tribes of Kaskaskia, Peoria, Piankashaw, and Wea Indians. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate, 7 March 1862, CW, 5:147.

[Irwin withdraws $49.53 from Springfield Marine Bank. Pratt, Personal Finances, 177.]

President summons Gen. McClellan to White House at 7:30 A.M. Reports rumor that McClellan intends to turn capital and government over to enemy. McClellan protests. Lincoln disclaims intent to accuse him. McClellan, War for Union, 195.

Asks Asst. Sec. Fox to go to Fortress Monroe, Va., and report on situation. Fox, Diary, Gist-Blair Family Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Meets with division commanders at White House after they voted eight to four in favor of McClellan's plan for peninsular campaign. Journal, Samuel P. Heintzelman Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; The Annals of the War, Written by Leading Participants North and South, Originally Published in the Philadelphia Weekly Times (Philadelphia, PA: Times Publishing, 1879), 72-81.

Issues General War Order No. 2: "That the Major General commanding the Army of the Potomac proceed forthwith to organize that part of said Army destined to enter upon active operations (including the reserve, but excluding the troops to be left in the fortifications about Washington) into four Army corps." President's General War Order No. 2, 8 March 1862, CW, 5:149-50.

Issues General War Order No. 3: "That no change of the base of operations of the Army of the Potomac shall be made without leaving in, and about Washington, such a force as, in the opinion of the General-in-Chief, and the commanders of all the Army corps, shall leave said City entirely secure." President's General War Order No. 3, 8 March 1862, CW, 5:151.

Appoints 11 persons "Cadets to the Military Academy at West Point for the year 1862." Abraham Lincoln to Joseph G. Totten, 8 March 1862, CW, 5:152.

President discusses with Col. Blair value of conference of Border State congressmen on compensated emancipation. Nicolay, Lincoln's Secretary, 134-35.

At 10 A.M. sends carriage for Sen. Browning's (Ill.) family. Browning, Diary.

Receives report from Gen. Wool at Fortress Monroe, Va., that Confederate ship Merrimac entered Hampton Roads preceding day and destroyed USS Cumberland and USS Congress, and that other ships and Fortress Monroe itself are in danger. Calls emergency cabinet meeting to discuss defense measures in event Merrimac starts toward Washington. Notebook, February 1862, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; The Annals of the War, Written by Leading Participants North and South, Originally Published in the Philadelphia Weekly Times (Philadelphia, PA: Times Publishing, 1879), 23-26.

Drives with Browning to Navy Yard about 2 P.M.; Comdr. Dahlgren returns with them to White House. Browning, Diary; Extracts from Dahlgren Diary, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Most of cabinet at White House in afternoon, but not by appointment. Sec. Stanton divulges information that preparations are under way to stop Merrimac from reaching Washington by blocking river channel. The Annals of the War, Written by Leading Participants North and South, Originally Published in the Philadelphia Weekly Times (Philadelphia, PA: Times Publishing, 1879), 26.

President awaits news of battle between USS Monitor and Merrimac at telegraph office in evening with members of cabinet. Bates, Telegraph Office, 117.

After 4 P.M. dispatch reaches War Office describing fight between Monitor and Merrimac from 8 A.M. to 12 M., when Merrimac withdrew. Lincoln and two cabinet members present. Lincoln walks to White House. Notebook, February 1862, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Lucius E. Chittenden, Recollections of President Lincoln and his Administration (New York: Harper, 1891), 224.

Asks Henry J. Raymond to reconsider compensated emancipation and print another article in New York Times. "One half-day's cost of this war would pay for all the slaves in Delaware, at four hundred dollars per head." Abraham Lincoln to Henry J. Raymond, 9 March 1862, CW, 5:152-53.

At morning cabinet meeting President discusses outcome of battle between USS Monitor and Confederate ship Merrimac. Welles, Diary.

Carl Schurz, minister to Spain, reports to President on New York meeting of Emancipation Society. Lincoln describes recent naval engagement to Schurz. Carl Schurz, The Reminiscences of Carl Schurz, 3 vols. (New York: McClure, 1907-8), 2:327-30.

Consults with Border State congressmen on plan of compensated emancipation. Nicolay, Lincoln's Secretary, 135.

Writes secretary of navy: "The 'Monitor' could be boarded and captured very easily . . . she should not go skylarking up to Norfolk." Abraham Lincoln to Gideon Welles, 10 March 1862, CW, 5:154.

President and everyone at White House excited over naval fight at Fortress Monroe, Va., yesterday. Nicolay to Bates, 10 March 1862, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

In evening calls on Lt. Worden, commander of Monitor nearly blinded by shell in yesterday's engagement, to express admiration, and "bursts into tears while greeting the sailor." New York Tribune, 11 March 1862.

Writes Gen. Buell: "The evidence is very strong that the enemy in front of us here is breaking up and moving off. General McClellan is after him. Some part of the force may be destined to meet you. Look out and be prepared. I telegraphed Halleck, asking him to assist you, if needed." Abraham Lincoln to Don C. Buell, 10 March 1862, CW, 5:153.

Check to Tad Lincoln: "Pay to 'Tad' (when he is well enough to present) or bearer Five _____ Dollars $5/00." Check to "Tad" Lincoln, 10 March 1862, CW, 5:154.

At cabinet meeting chronic dissatisfaction with conduct of war levelled at Gen. McClellan. Bates, Diary.

Former Gov. Dennison (Ohio) talks to President about War Order No. 3 and McClellan. McClellan, War for Union, 225.

"The President came into the [Navy] Yard, and I drove around with him." Extracts from Dahlgren Diary, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

President issues War Order No. 3, placing McClellan in command of Dept. of the Potomac, Gen. Halleck in command of Dept. of the Mississippi, and Gen. Fremont in command of Mountain Dept.. President's War Order No. 3, 11 March 1862, CW, 5:155.

In evening calls several members of cabinet to White House and reads War Order No. 3 to them. Hay, Letters and Diary.

Writes check for $5.00 to "William Johnson (colored)." CW, 8:487.

Secretary of State William H. Seward introduces Joseph Heco (Hikozo Hamada) to the President. Heco served as an interpreter for the U.S. Consul in Kanagawa. Joseph Heco, The Narrative of a Japanese, 2 vols. (San Francisco: American-Japanese Publishing Association, 1950), 1:299-302.

Senator Nesmith (Oreg.) expresses mistrust of Gen. McClellan to President. Ingalls to Colburn, 12 March 1862, George B. McClellan Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Former Governor William Dennison (Ohio) interviews President again on behalf of McClellan. McClellan to Lincoln, 12 March 1862, George B. McClellan Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Lincoln transmits to Senate report of secretary of state on railroad systems in Europe. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate, 12 March 1862, CW, 5:156-57.

President Lincoln receives a "party of Massachusetts gentlemen," which includes Nathaniel Hawthorne, who come to the White House to present Lincoln with an "elegant whip." Lincoln remarks, "[I]t is evidently expected that a good deal of whipping is to be done. But, as we meet here socially, let us not only think of whipping rebels, or of those who seem to think only of whipping negroes, but of those pleasant days which it is to be hoped are in store for us, when, seated behind a good pair of horses, we can crack our whips and drive through a peaceful, happy and prosperous land." Speech to a Massachusetts Delegation, 13 March 1862, CW, 5:158; New York Times, 22 March 1862, 4:6.

Interviews Pascal Plant, inventor who shows small wooden model of submarine gunboat. Bruce, Tools of War, 177.

Approves additional article of war, prohibiting all officers or persons in military service from employing any forces under their respective commands for purposes of returning fugitives from service or labor. Stat. L., XII, 354.

Thanks Henry A. Brown, Boston representative of London company, for engraving of Gen. McClellan. Abraham Lincoln to Henry A. Brown, 13 March 1862, CW, 5:157.

Composes letter for Sec. Stanton to send to McClellan: "1st. Leave such force at Manassas Junction as shall make it entirely certain that the enemy shall not repossess himself of that position and line of communication. 2d. Leave Washington secure. 3d. Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac, choosing a new base at Fortress Monroe, or anywhere between here and there; or, at all events, move such remainder of the army at once in pursuit of the enemy by some route." Abraham Lincoln to George B. McClellan, 13 March 1862, CW, 5:157-58.

Mrs. Lincoln on sick list. Fox, Diary, Gist-Blair Family Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Former Gov. Dennison (Ohio) confers with President again this morning, probably on behalf of Gen. McClellan. Second Series, 14 March 1862, George B. McClellan Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Lincoln demonstrates statistically to Sen. James A. McDougall (Calif.) that gradual compensated emancipation can be accomplished in Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Kentucky, and Missouri for a sum equivalent to cost of 87 days of war. Abraham Lincoln to James A. McDougall, 14 March 1862, CW, 5:160-61.

Sends for Asst. Sec. Fox and wants him to go to New York tonight. Fox, Diary, Gist-Blair Family Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Transmits to Congress correspondence concerning case of Danish barque "Jorgen Lorentzen," with recommendation that award of referees be paid. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate and House of Representatives, [14] March 1862, CW, 5:162.

Lincoln interviews his friend, George C. Bestor, boat builder, and sends him with note to Gen. Meigs. Abraham Lincoln to Montgomery C. Meigs, 15 March 1862, CW, 5:162.

Atty. Gen. Bates has private talk with Lincoln to warn him against extremists in Congress. Bates, Diary.

Sen. Harris (N.Y.) and G. Opdyke see President and urge appointment of Mr. Gray (probably J. G. C. Gray) as minister to Rome in case former Gov. Randall (Wis.) declines. Opdyke to Chase, 16 March 1862, Salmon P. Chase Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Sec. Stanton escorts Gen. Ethan Allen Hitchcock to consult with Lincoln regarding Gen. McClellan. Ethan A. Hitchcock, Fifty Years in Camp and Field: Diary of Major-General Ethan Allen Hitchcock, U.S.A., edited by W. A. Croffut (New York: Putnam, 1909), 439.

Col. Le Grand B. Cannon, stationed at Fortress Monroe, Va., interviews President in presence of Sens. Harris (N.Y.) and King (N.Y.) in attempt to remove difficulties presented by order to McClellan to advance toward Richmond. LeGrand B. Cannon, Personal Reminiscences of the Rebellion, 1861-1866 (New York: Burr Print. House, 1895), 14.

Lincoln assigns Gen. James S. Wadsworth to post of military governor of Washington, DC. Philadelphia News, 15 March 1862.

Interviews Sen. Foot (Vt.) regarding appropriation for new Capitol dome. Foot to Lincoln, 17 March 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Approves act authorizing joint commission representing U.S., Great Britain, and France for preservation of Atlantic fisheries. Stat. L., XII, 369.

Buys $14,200 worth of Treasury notes of 1861 with accumulation of seven salary warrants, July 1861 to January 1862. Pratt, Personal Finances, 127.

Postmaster Gen. Blair calls on President for news about agitation to remove Gen. McClellan from command, but learns nothing. Fox, Diary, Gist-Blair Family Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

President confers with Gen. Fremont, assigned to command new department. N.Y. Tribune, 18 March 1862.

Rumor reaches Lincoln of resolution that may be offered by Congressman John Covode (Pa.) to remove General George B. McClellan from command. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 17 March 1862, 2d ed., 3:6.

"War politicians of the 'Tribune' school have seen the President . . . with a view to displacing McClellan." Boston Advertiser, 19 March 1862.

President welcomes committee bearing resolutions passed by East Baltimore Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 8 April 1862, 2d ed., 1:2.

In presence of Sec. Stanton , interviews Cornelius Vanderbilt, railroad builder and philanthropist, and accepts yacht offered as gift to government. DNA—RG 59, General Records, Dept. of State, Vanderbilt to Seward, 3 May 1866.

Increased activity of President and military officers denotes immediate action by Army of Potomac. Philadelphia Press, 19 March 1862.

"Wendell Phillips [prominent Massachusetts antislavery leader], by special invitation, has an interview with the President." N.Y. Tribune, 19 March 1862.

Lincoln writes Sec. Stanton: "In going to Fortress-Monroe, Gen. McClellan gets into Gen. Wool's Department. He must not be interfered with by Gen. Wool. Yet I do not wish Gen. Wool's feelings hurt, and I am ready to make him a Major Genl. if it will do any good." Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 18 March 1862, CW, 5:164.

President calls special meeting of cabinet in morning, "purpose unknown." Philadelphia News, 20 March 1862.

Recognizes José Maria Duran as consul general of Mexican Republic at New York. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 22 March 1862, 2d ed., 2:4.

At 6 P.M. discusses with Sen. Browning (Ill.) gift of yacht from Cornelius Vanderbilt to navy. Browning introduces Peter Peckham and Mr. Taylor, inventors of new type of fuse. Browning, Diary.

In evening artist George P. A. Healy confers with President on placing in Executive Mansion series of paintings of Presidents ordered by Congress. Healy to Nicolay, 20 March 1862, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

President Lincoln responds to Dr. Samuel B. Tobey, who is a prominent member of the Society of Friends in New England. Tobey wrote to Lincoln on behalf of the Society's members, known as Quakers, and suggested that the country's civil war could be resolved through peaceful "direct negotiation." Lincoln writes, "Engaged, as I am, in a great war, I fear it will be difficult for the world to understand how fully I appreciate the principles of peace . . . Grateful to the good people you represent for their prayers in behalf of our common country, I look forward hopefully to an early end of war, and return of peace." Society of Friends in New England to Abraham Lincoln, 5 February 1862; William Sprague to Abraham Lincoln, 8 February 1862, both in Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Abraham Lincoln to Samuel B. Tobey, 19 March 1862, CW, 5:165-66.

President sends for Asst. Sec. Fox. Fox, Diary, Gist-Blair Family Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Calls meeting at White House to plan movement of Gen. McClellan's troops. McDowell to McClellan, 20 March 1862, George B. McClellan Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

President and Comdr. Dahlgren go to Alexandria, Va., for meeting with McClellan, but miss him. Journal, Samuel P. Heintzelman Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Mrs. Lincoln, confined to her room since death of Willie, is "somewhat better." Evening Star (Washington, DC), 20 March 1862, 2d ed., 3:6.

Lincoln writes Gov. Francis H. Peirpoint (Va.), elected at Wheeling Convention, June 11, 1861: "Make haste slowly. Things are improving by time. Draw up your proclamation carefully, and, if you please, let me see it before issuing." Abraham Lincoln to Francis H. Peirpoint, 20 March 1862, CW, 5:166.

Recommends to Congress "that Captain Samuel F. DuPont receive a vote of thanks of Congress for his services and gallantry, displayed in the capture, . . . of various points on the coasts of Georgia and Florida." Abraham Lincoln to the Senate and House of Representatives, 20 March 1862, CW, 5:166-67.

Local newspaper reports that the President has been "quite indisposed" for several days but is "now recovering." National Republican (Washington, DC), 21 March 1862, 3:1.

President talks again with Gen. McDowell on troop movements of Army of Potomac McDowell to McClellan, 20 March 1862, George B. McClellan Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

At 3 P.M. embarks from Navy Yard with Comdr. Dahlgren for meeting with Gen. McClellan at Alexandria, Va. Meeting continues in evening at White House with Secs. Stanton and Welles, Asst. Sec. Fox, McDowell, and Dahlgren present. Extracts from Dahlgren Diary, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Mrs. Lincoln is well enough to receive visit by Mrs. Irvin McDowell. Abraham Lincoln to Mrs. Irvin McDowell, 21 March 1862, CW, 5:168.

Lincoln advises Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton: "I personally know Gen. [John M.] Palmer, and [Lt.] John Condit Smith; and as the former wants the latter for a Quarter-Master, let the appointment be made." Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 22 March 1862, CW, 5:168-69.

President confers with Carl Schurz, minister to Spain, accepts resignation, and nominates him brigadier general. Carl Schurz, The Reminiscences of Carl Schurz, 3 vols. (New York: McClure, 1907-8), 2:330-31.

Cong. Colfax (Ind.) informs President that Horace Greeley will support gradual, compensated emancipation. Willard H. Smith, Schuyler Colfax: The Changing Fortunes of a Political Idol (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Collections, 1952), 167.

[Irwin deposits $87.50 in Springfield Marine Bank, rent received from L. A. Tilton. Pratt, Personal Finances, 165.]

President Lincoln writes to New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley regarding Lincoln's recent call to Congress for a resolution to encourage the "abolishment of slavery." Lincoln proposes that the government "compensate for the inconveniences public and private, produced by such change of system." He writes, "I am a little uneasy about the abolishment of slavery in this District, not but I would be glad to see it abolished, but as to the time and manner of doing it. . . . I would like the bill to have the three main features—gradual—compensation—and vote of the people." Message to Congress, 6 March 1862, CW, 5:144-146; Horace Greeley to Abraham Lincoln, 24 March 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Abraham Lincoln to Horace Greeley, 24 March 1862, CW, 5:169.

[Tad Lincoln has recovered enough to "play about," and Mary Lincoln continues her slow recovery from the loss of Willie Lincoln. National Republican, 24 March 1862, 3:1.]

Vice President Hamlin confers with Lincoln about military appointment for nephew. Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 25 March 1862, CW, 5:171.

In the afternoon, President Lincoln and some unnamed family members tour the navy yard. A local newspaper reports that as the presidential "carriage proceeded . . . many of the worthy workmen expressed sentiments of high regard for the unostentatious and affable Chief Magistrate who wears so modestly the honors of his exalted station." Daily National Intelligencer (Washington, DC), 26 March 1862, 3:4.

Lincoln suspends death sentence for breach of parole passed on Col. Ebenezer Magoffin, brother of former Gov. Magoffin (Ky.). Lee to Lincoln, 26 March 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

President and cabinet members conduct meeting in Sec. Stanton's office at War Dept. Russell, Diary.

Lincoln directs that commission be appointed to examine debts of War Dept. at Cairo, Ill. DNA—WR RG 107, Off. Sec. War, Letters Received, Box 3, Letter of M. C. Meigs.

Transmits to Congress communication from governor of Nevada Territory requesting private secretary and increase in salaries of Federal officials in Territory. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate and House of Representatives, 26 March 1862, CW, 5:171.

Writes Sec. Stanton: "I understand a requisition has been made by Governor Yates, according to the memorandum at the bottom of this contract, and that the requisition is refused. Will the Secretary of War please tell me why is this?" Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 26 March 1862, CW, 5:172.

[For "box blacking" President's account is charged 50¢. Lutz Account Book.]

President pardons two British subjects who have served three years of seven-year sentence in District jail for resisting master of American vessel in Florida. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 28 March 1862, 2d ed., 3:1.

Acknowledges letter of Henry B. Whipple, bishop of Minnesota, regarding treatment of Indians in Minnesota. Abraham Lincoln to Henry B. Whipple, 27 March 1862, CW, 5:173.

President places frigate at disposal of Minister Simon Cameron for trip to Europe. Offer declined. N.Y. Tribune, 29 March 1862.

Nominates five brigadiers from among Indiana colonels. N.Y. Tribune, 29 March 1862.

Takes short trip down Potomac with Comdr. Dahlgren. Extracts from Dahlgren Diary, 29 March 1862, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Sen. Browning (Ill.) visits with Lincoln short while in evening. Browning, Diary.

Lincoln endorses letter of Sen. Trumbull (Ill.): "I believe Dr. [John] Evans [of Illinois] has already been appointed Governor of Colorado. If not, let it be done at once, while, at all events, the within is a good voucher to place on file." Abraham Lincoln to William H. Seward, 28 March 1862, CW, 5:173-74.

[Private Secretary John G. Nicolay leaves Washington for Illinois. Assistant Secretary John Hay serves in his place. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 29 March 1862, 2d ed., 2:1.]

President writes Sec. Stanton: "I really wish Jesse W. Fell, of Illinois, to be appointed a Paymaster in the Regular Army, at farthest, as early as the 1st. of July 1862. I wish nothing to interfere with this; and I have so written as much as two months ago, I think." Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 29 March 1862, CW, 5:175.

In evening Gen. McClellan visits President preparatory to sailing down Potomac to begin campaign. Hay, Letters and Diary.

Lincoln writes a letter introducing Superintendent of U.S. Army nurses Dorothea L. Dix to the Medical Director of the Military Hospital at Winchester, Virginia. Lincoln requests, "Please receive her kindly, and avail yourself of her services among the sick and wounded soldiers." Letter of Introduction for Dorothea L. Dix, 30 March 1862, CW, 10:127-128.

President Lincoln writes to Major General George B. McClellan regarding a recent military decision. Lincoln writes, "This morning I felt constrained to order [General Louis] Blenker's Division to [Major General John C.] Fremont; and I write this to assure you that I did so with great pain, understanding that you would wish it otherwise. If you could know the full pressure of the case, I am confident you would justify it—even beyond a mere acknowledgement that the Commander-in-chief, may order what he pleases." Abraham Lincoln to George B. McClellan, 31 March 1862, CW, 5:175-76.

Transmits to Senate treaty of commerce and navigation with Ottoman Empire. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate, 31 March 1862, CW, 5:176.

Mrs. Lincoln has "a dozen Todds of the Edwards breed in the house" from Springfield. Dennett, Hay Diaries and Letters, 39.