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President sends revised answer to Senate resolution regarding arrest
of Gen. Stone.
Abraham Lincoln to the Senate, 1 May 1862, CW, 5:204.
Writes Gen. Halleck: "I am pressed by the Missouri members of
Congress to give General Schofield independent command in Missouri. .
. . Please answer, telling me whether anything, and what, I can do
for them without injuriously interfering with you."
Abraham Lincoln to Henry W. Halleck, 1 May 1862, CW, 5:203.
Admonishes Gen. McClellan: "Your call for Parrott guns from
Washington alarms me—chiefly because it argues indefinite
procrastination. Is anything to be done?"
Abraham Lincoln to George B. McClellan, 1 May 1862, CW, 5:203-4.
Transmits to Senate petition and auditor's report relative to goods
advanced by citizens of Oregon and Washington Territory during Indian
uprising in 1855-56.
Abraham Lincoln to the Senate, 1 May 1862, CW, 5:204-5.
[New Orleans is occupied by Federal forces under Admiral David G. Farragut and Gen. Benjamin F. Butler.]
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