President grants audience requested by Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase to Judge Hugh L. Bond of Baltimore and Henry H. Goldsborough, president, Maryland Senate. Abraham Lincoln to Salmon P. Chase, [1 September 1862], CW, 5:402.

Kansas delegation, including Abel C. Wilder, Kansas political figure, and Senator Lane (Kans.), interviews Lincoln relative to making Kansas separate department. Memorandum, 1 September 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Lincoln calls General George B. McClellan to White House and urges him to use his influence to correct unkind feeling of Army of Potomac toward General John Pope. Official Records—Armies 1, XII, pt. 2, 1018.

President and McClellan confer with General Henry W. Halleck at his headquarters until after dark. They write General Orders No. 122 placing McClellan in command of troops around Washington. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 1 September 1862, 2d ed., 3:6; Philadelphia News, 5 September 1862.

Henry Stoddard, treasury clerk and brother of William O. Stoddard, who helped with wounded after Second Manassas (Bull Run), describes what he saw and heard to President. William O. Stoddard, Lincoln's Third Secretary: The Memoirs of William O. Stoddard, ed. by William O. Stoddard, Jr. (New York: Exposition Press, 1955), 153-56.

President and Gen. Halleck call at Gen. McClellan's house about 7 A.M. President asks McClellan to take command of troops falling back upon Washington and defend city. McClellan, War for Union, 535.

"By direction of the President Major General McClellan will have command of the fortifications of Washington, and of all the troops for the defence of the Capital." National Intelligencer, 3 September 1862.

Cabinet meets at noon. President announces his decision placing McClellan in command of troops to defend Capital. Secs. Stanton and Chase express heated disapproval. Lincoln dissolves opposition by 4 P.M. Welles, Diary; Gideon Welles, Lincoln and Seward: Remarks upon the Memorial Address of Chas. Francis Adams, on the Late Wm. H. Seward (New York: Sheldon, 1874), 194-97.

President discusses with Gen. Pope recent changes in military command. Donald, Chase Diaries, 120.

Orders Gen. Halleck to organize immediately an army for active operations from all material within his control independent of forces needed for defense of Washington and to put this army in field. Abraham Lincoln to Henry W. Halleck, 3 September 1862, CW, 5:404.

Appoints Joseph Holt as Judge Advocate General of the Army. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 4 September 1862, 2d ed., 3:5.

At Soldiers' Home confers from 9 P.M. until midnight with Secretary of State William H. Seward, just returned from New York. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 4 September 1862, 2d ed., 3:6.

Deposits April salary warrant for $2,083.33 in Riggs Bank. Pratt, Personal Finances, 182.

Gen. Pope reads his official report of recent Virginia campaign to President in presence of Sec. Welles. Welles, Diary.

Before noon Lincoln and Pope consult with Sec. Stanton at War Dept. Journal, Samuel P. Heintzelman Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Cabinet meets and discusses outlook under Gen. McClellan. Hay, Letters and Diary.

Meets with Garrett Davis of Kentucky, and Horace Maynard and William Brownlow of Tennessee at the Soldier's Home. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 5 September 1862, 2d ed., 2:1.

Lincoln and John Hay visit War Dept. telegraph office before breakfast. Hay, Letters and Diary.

President presents Gen. Pope's report of his Virginia campaign to members of cabinet, who decide against publication. Welles, Diary; Official Records—Armies 461-62.

Gen. McClellan orders guard established at President's residence on grounds of Soldiers' Home. McClellan to Lincoln, 5 September 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

President receives August salary warrant for $2,083.34. Pratt, Personal Finances, 182.

Judge James Hughes of Indiana, member of U.S. Court of Claims, calls on Lincoln on behalf of Maj. John Love, inspector general of Indiana Volunteers. Memorandum: Appointment of John Love, 6 September 1862, CW, 5:407-8.

Gen. Cassius M. Clay, one-time U.S. minister to Russia, obtains President's consent to return there if Simon Cameron quits post. Clay to Cameron, 6 September 1862, Simon Cameron Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

President reviews military affairs in West and in Kentucky in particular with committee from conference of leading Kentuckians. Committee to Lincoln, 6 September 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Sen. Lane (Kans.) interviews Lincoln at White House. Boston Advertiser, 8 September 1862.

President calls on Sec. Chase at Treasury Dept. to consult about case of Gen. McDowell. Official Records—Armies 463.

Gen. Heintzelman finds Lincoln at Gen. McClellan's headquarters in morning before McClellan awakes. Journal, Samuel P. Heintzelman Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Sec. Welles walks to White House with Sec. Chase. They discuss military matters with Lincoln; Chase suggests that President issue general order commending Gen. Pope's army. Welles, Diary; Official Records—Armies 464.

President at Navy Dept., 17th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. NW., inquires about destruction of rebel steamer on Savannah River and discusses army matters involving Gens. McClellan and Pope. Welles, Diary.

Sec. Chase visits War Dept. and discovers President in conversation with Sec. Stanton and Gen. Wadsworth. Official Records—Armies 466.

Sec. Chase at White House for cabinet meeting which results in general conversation about military department beyond Mississippi River. Salmon P. Chase, Diary and Correspondence of Salmon P. Chase, Compiled by Samuel H. Dodson, American Historical Association, Annual Report for the Year 1902, vol. 2 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1903).

President convinces group of Baltimoreans that government defense of their city is adequate. Boston Advertiser, 10 September 1862.

Visits Gen. Halleck's office and informs him that Gen. McClellan has 95,000 men. Journal, 10 September 1862, Samuel P. Heintzelman Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Three members of New York City's National War Committee, also representing New England governors, wait upon President and demand dismissal of Sec. Seward and Postmaster Gen. Blair. William B. Hesseltine, "Lincoln's War Governors," Abraham Lincoln Quarterly 4 (December 1946):197-98.

[Irwin deposits $600 in Springfield Marine Bank, payment on A. J. Van Deren note. Pratt, Personal Finances, 165.]

President at War Dept. discusses with Gen. Halleck, Col. John A. Wright, and Secs. Chase and Stanton question of Gov. Curtin (Pa.) calling all able-bodied men into army. Salmon P. Chase, Diary and Correspondence of Salmon P. Chase, Compiled by Samuel H. Dodson, American Historical Association, Annual Report for the Year 1902, vol. 2 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1903).

Approves provisional contract between A. W. Thompson for Chiriqui Improvement Company and Sec. Smith for U.S. providing for colonization by Negroes of land in Chiriqui. Approval of Contract with Ambrose W. Thompson, 11 September 1862, CW, 5:414.

Telegraphs Gen. McClellan near Rockville, Md.: "If [Fitz John] Porter, Heintzelman, and Sigel were sent you, it would sweep everything from the other side of the river; . . . Porter reports himself twenty one thousand strong, . . . He is ordered to-night to join you as quick as possible. I am for sending you all that can be spared." Abraham Lincoln to George B. McClellan, 11 September 1862, CW, 5:415.

Sends Sec. Stanton extract from letter from August Belmont suggesting that Halleck be made secretary of war and McClellan be appointed commander-in-chief of military forces in East. Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 11 September 1862, CW, 5:416.

4 A.M. Sleepless President wires McClellan: "How does it look now?" Abraham Lincoln to George B. McClellan, 12 September 1862, CW, 5:418.

9 A.M. John Ross, chief of Cherokee Nation, confers with President about treaty relations. Ross to Lincoln, 16 September 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Brief cabinet meeting on military affairs. Welles, Diary.

Sec. Chase at White House confers with President about diplomatic post at St. Petersburg. Chase to Cameron, 12 September 1862, Simon Cameron Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

President especially interested in troop movement in Maryland. Writes Gen. McClellan: "Receiving nothing from Harper's Ferry or Martinsburg to-day, and positive information from Wheeling that the line is cut, corroborates the idea that the enemy is recrossing the Potomac. Please do not let him get off without being hurt." Abraham Lincoln to George B. McClellan, 12 September 1862, CW, 5:418.

Replies to statement by Gen. Boyle who reports withdrawing of troops from Louisville, Ky., is causing panic, by asking: "Where is the enemy which you dread in Louisville? How near to you?" Gen. Horatio G. Wright is responsible for Louisville and "for us here, to control him there on the ground would be a Babel of confusion." Abraham Lincoln to Jeremiah T. Boyle, 12 September 1862, CW, 5:416-17.

Answers Gov. Curtin (Pa.) "Your despatch asking for eighty thousand disciplined troops to be sent to Pennsylvania is received. Please consider. We have not to exceed eighty thousand disciplined troops, properly so called, this side of the mountains, . . . The best possible security for Pennsylvania is putting the strongest force possible into the enemies rear." Abraham Lincoln to Andrew G. Curtin, 12 September 1862, CW, 5:417.

Writes Mayor Henry (Philadelphia): "Please do not be offended when I assure you that, in my confident belief, Philadelphia is in no danger. . . . and could not be reached by the rebel Army in ten days, if no hinderance was interposed." Abraham Lincoln to Alexander Henry, 12 September 1862, CW, 5:417-18.

President sprains wrist checking his run-away horse during morning ride from Soldiers' Home to White House. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 13 September 1862, 2d ed., 3:5.

Replies to delegation presenting memorial in favor of national emancipation adopted by public meeting of Christians in Chicago: "It is my earnest desire to know the will of Providence in this matter. And if I can learn what it is I will do it! . . . I view the matter as a practical war measure, to be decided upon according to the advantages or disadvantages it may offer to the suppression of the rebellion." Reply to Emancipation Memorial Presented by Chicago Christian of All Denominations, 13 September 1862, CW, 5:419-25; National Republican (Washington, DC), 15 September 1862, 2:3.

Gen. Cassius M. Clay takes to White House order assigning him to duty at New Orleans; President issues counter order: "You need not proceed to New Orleans until you hear from me again." Cassius M. Clay, The Life of Cassius Marcellus Clay. Memoirs, Writings, and Speeches, Showing his Conduct in the Overthrow of American slavery, the Salvation of the Union, and the Restoration of the Autonomy of the States, 2 vols. (Cincinnati: J. F. Brennan, 1886), 1:315; Abraham Lincoln to Cassius M. Clay, 14 September 1862, CW, 5:425.

Gen. Sigel discusses his military position with President and complains that Gen. Heintzelman has higher command. Halleck to Sigel, 16 September 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Sec. Chase accompanies Mr. Case (spiritualism and war prophecies) to see President. Postmaster Gen. Blair is in conference with Lincoln. Donald, Chase Diaries, 142-43.

President declines offer of three Negro regiments raised in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. N.Y. Tribune, 16 September 1862.

Writes J. K. Dubois: "I now consider it safe to say that Gen. McClellan has gained a great victory over the great rebel army in Maryland between Fredericktown and Hagerstown. He is now pursuing the flying foe." Abraham Lincoln to Jesse K. Dubois, 15 September 1862, CW, 5:425-26.

To McClellan: "Your despatches [relative to battles of South Mountain and Crampton's Gap] of to-day received. God bless you, and all with you. Destroy the rebel army, if possible." Abraham Lincoln to George B. McClellan, 15 September 1862, CW, 5:426.

President receives deputation of Friends with petition to exempt the Society from draft. Sec. Chase accompanies group and asks Lincoln to appoint Rev. Tolford as chaplain at Camp Chase near Columbus, Ohio. Donald, Chase Diaries, 146; Official Records—Armies 478-79.

Telegraphs Gov. Curtin (Pa.) at 12 M.: "What do you hear from Gen. McClellan's army? We have nothing from him to-day." Telegraphs at 2:25 P.M.: "Since telegraphing you, despatch came from Gen. McClellan, dated 7 o'clock this morning. Nothing of importance happened with him yesterday. This morning he was up with the enemy at Sharpsburg, and was waiting for heavy fog to rise." Abraham Lincoln to Andrew G. Curtin, 16 September 1862, CW, 5:427; Abraham Lincoln to Andrew G. Curtin, 16 September 1862, CW, 5:427-28.

President at Gen. Halleck's office in conference with former Sen. Johnson (Md.) and army captain from Harper's Ferry, Va. Donald, Chase Diaries, 147.

At Soldiers' Home completes second draft of preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. Randall, Lincoln, 2:159.

Pays $12.62, closing harness account. Lutz Account Book.

President appoints Jacob Frankel an Army chaplain—first American Rabbi to hold such office. Bertram W. Korn, American Jewry and the Civil War (Philadelphia, PA: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1951), 77.

Interviews J. H. Clay Mudd of Washington regarding promotion for Lt. Egbert Thompson (USN). Mudd to Lincoln, 22 September 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Cabinet meeting on topic of military successes. Blair to McClellan, 19 September 1862, George B. McClellan Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Sec. Chase calls on President and hands him letters of former Cong. Robert Dale Owen (Ind.), abolitionist, social reformer, and diplomat, on subject of emancipation. Official Records—Armies 481.

President orders secretary of interior to turn over to secretary of war U.S. Penitentiary in District of Columbia for use as arsenal. Abraham Lincoln to Caleb B. Smith, 19 September 1862, CW, 5:429-30.

President carefully prepares text of preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. Hay, Letters and Diary.

Urges Sec. Stanton to send paroled prisoners to seat of Indian difficulties "with all possible despatch." Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 20 September 1862, CW, 5:432.

President too busy at White House to receive visitor, Dr. S. W. Forsha, anxious to treat wounded soldiers with his "Balm." Salmon P. Chase, Diary and Correspondence of Salmon P. Chase, Compiled by Samuel H. Dodson, American Historical Association, Annual Report for the Year 1902, vol. 2 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1903); Abraham Lincoln to William A. Hammond, 29 September 1862, CW, 5:444-45.

At special cabinet meeting with all members present Lincoln reads chapter, "High Handed Outrage at Utica," from book by "Artemus Ward" (Charles Farrar Browne), before reading preliminary Emancipation Proclamation and announcing his decision to issue it. Early opposition of Secretaries Stanton and Chase is overcome. Proclamation provides: That on the first day of January 1863 all persons held as slaves within any state in rebellion against U.S. shall be forever free. President will designate states in rebellion on January 1, 1863. Army and navy personnel are prohibited by Act of March 13, 1862, from returning fugitive slaves. The act to suppress insurrection, approved July 17, 1862, provides that: 1. Escaped slaves and those in territory occupied by forces of U.S. shall be free. 2. Run-away slaves will not be delivered up except for crime or claim of lawful owner under oath that he has not borne arms against government. Executive will recommend that loyal citizens be compensated for all losses by acts of U.S., including loss of slaves. Welles, Diary; Salmon P. Chase, Diary and Correspondence of Salmon P. Chase, Compiled by Samuel H. Dodson, American Historical Association, Annual Report for the Year 1902, vol. 2 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1903); Randall, Lincoln, 2:159; Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, 22 September 1862, CW, 5:433-36.

Detective A. Pinkerton pays Lincoln personal visit. LL, No. 1281.

At 9 p.m. band serenades President at White House. Welles, Diary.

Lincoln writes testimonial: "Dr. [Isachar] Zacharie has operated on my feet with great success, and considerable addition to my comfort." Testimonial for Isachar Zacharie, 22 September 1862, CW, 5:436.

Lincoln writes to an unknown recipient regarding reimbursement for Mr. Garton, who "is represented to me by good authority to have done valuable service for the Government, and to have made many sacrifices. I think his account is a very reasonable one and ought to be paid. Let no merely technical objection stand in the way of the payment." Abraham Lincoln to Unknown, 23 September 1862, IHi; CW, 8:417.

Special cabinet meeting considers expediency of treaties regarding voluntary colonization of Negroes and proper answer to treaty complaints of Cherokees. Official Records—Armies 490-91.

President proclaims that "all Rebels and Insurgents" and their abettors guilty of any disloyal practice are subject to martial law, and all such persons arrested are deprived of benefits of writ of habeas corpus. Proclamation Suspending the Writ of Habeas Corpus, 24 September 1862, CW, 5:436-37.

Prepares letter of introduction for Hon. Edward Everett, orator, statesman, and former senator from Massachusetts. "While I commend him to the consideration of those, whom he may meet, I am quite conscious that he could better introduce me than I him, in Europe." Abraham Lincoln to Whom It May Concern, 24 September 1862, CW, 5:437-38.

Large crowd with band and speeches serenades President in honor of Emancipation Proclamation. Lincoln says: "What I did, I did after very full deliberation, and under a very heavy and solemn sense of responsibility. I can only trust in God I have made no mistake." Evening Star (Washington, DC), 24 September 1862, 2d ed., 2:1, 25 September 1862, 2d ed., 3:1; Randall, Lincoln, 3:12; Reply to Serenade in Honor of Emancipation Proclamation, 24 September 1862, CW, 5:438-39.

President receives Edward Everett at White House and hands him paper to be returned. Everett returns copy of paper same day in letter. Everett to Lincoln, 25 September 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Abraham Lincoln to Whom It May Concern, 24 September 1862, CW, 5:437-38.

Dr. Zacharie treats President for sprains received on September 13, 1862. N.Y. Herald, 26 September 1862.

Committee, including Henry Ward Beecher, from General Association of Congregational Churches of New York waits upon President to present resolutions relating to Emancipation Proclamation. Resolutions of Congregational Churches, 25 September 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

President summons Sec. Chase to White House for conference on supplying additional money to Gov. Gamble (Mo.). Donald, Chase Diaries, 158.

In evening John Hay rides to Soldiers' Home with Lincoln. Hay, Letters and Diary.

President advises J. Ross that treaty obligations between U.S. and Cherokee Nation will be investigated. Abraham Lincoln to John Ross, 25 September 1862, CW, 5:439-40.

Cabinet meeting on subject of colonization. Donald, Chase Diaries, 160.

Lincoln sends congratulations to Emperor Alexander II of Russia on birth of nephew. Abraham Lincoln to Alexander II, 26 September 1862, CW, 5:440.

Receives by invitation delegation of 12 loyal governors from Altoona Conference and replies briefly to address of Governor John Andrew (Mass.). Reply to Delegation of Loyal Governors, 26 September 1862, CW, 5:441; Evening Star (Washington, DC), 26 September 1862, 2d ed., 2:5.

Sec. Chase confers with President and gets his opinion of Gen. McClernand. Official Records—Armies 494.

In answer to question, "Why was not the rebel army bagged immediately after the battle near Sharpsburg?" Maj. John J. Key is reported to have said, "The object is that neither army shall get much advantage of the other; that both shall be kept in the field till they are exhausted, when we will make a compromise and save slavery." President asks Maj. Key to prove within 24 hours that he did not make answer as reported. Record of Dismissal of John J. Key, 26-27 September 1862, CW, 5:442-43.

About 11 A.M. President confers with Maj. Levi C. Turner, judge advocate, and Maj. Key regarding methods of Key and others to shape outcome of war. Decides to dismiss Key from military service. Record of Dismissal of John J. Key, 26-27 September 1862, CW, 5:442-43.

Lincoln and Postmaster Gen. Blair discuss case of Maj. Key. Blair to McClellan, 27 September 1862, George B. McClellan Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

President conducts several daily interviews with Edward Everett on matters relating to foreign affairs. Boston Advertiser, 29 September 1862.

Confers more than once with Gov. Stanly (N.C.) who disapproves Emancipation Proclamation. Stanly to Lincoln, 29 September 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Rice, 532-33.

President continues summer residence at Soldiers' Home. Welles to wife, 28 September 1862, Gideon Welles Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Confides in Vice President Hamlin that effects of Emancipation Proclamation are "not very satisfactory." "The North responds to the proclamation sufficiently in breath; but breath alone kills no rebels." Charles E. Hamlin, Life and Times of Hannibal Hamlin (Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1899), 440; Abraham Lincoln to Hannibal Hamlin, 28 September 1862, CW, 5:444.

J. W. Forney interviews Lincoln on probable effects of Emancipation Proclamation and suspension of writ of habeas corpus. Forney to Lincoln, 26 September 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

In afternoon at White House Lincoln reviews 145th New York Regiment. N.Y. Tribune, 30 September 1862.

Congratulates Gov. Stanly (N.C.) on conduct as military governor and expresses wish that "North Carolina may again govern herself conformably to the constitution of the United States." Abraham Lincoln to Edward Stanly, 29 September 1862, CW, 5:445.

Submits to Sec. Stanton subject of collision in ministering among Negroes about Port Royal. "A real christian charity, and forbearance on the part of all might obviate it." Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, 29 September 1862, CW, 5:445-46.

"Little of importance at Cabinet meeting." Welles, Diary.

Purchases of cotton and trade regulations topics are discussed in cabinet. Donald, Chase Diaries, 165.

Lincoln recommends watchman at White House: "Thomas Stackpole, bearer of this, I have known rather intimately since my coming to the White-House, and I believe him to be a worthy and competent business man." Abraham Lincoln to John E. Wool, 30 September 1862, CW, 5:447.