President directs heads of bureaus in war, navy, and other departments to prepare, under direction of John G. Nicolay, reports showing number of men enlisted as soldiers or seamen in service of U.S., and number and description of war vessels and transports owned or chartered by government. Abraham Lincoln to Heads of Bureaus, 22 June 1861, CW, 4:415.

Approves, if agreeable to secretary of war, receiving cavalry regiment as one of infantry regiments already accepted from Indiana. Abraham Lincoln to Simon Cameron, 22 June 1861, CW, 4:415.