Recommends to Senate and House of Representatives "that Captain D. G. Farragut receive a vote of thanks of Congress for his services . . . since the 21st December, 1861," as well as "naval officers who commanded vessels engaged in the recent brilliant operations [on the lower Mississippi and capture of New Orleans] of the squadron commanded by Flag-Officer Farragut." Abraham Lincoln to the Senate and House of Representatives, 14 May 1862, CW, 5:214; Abraham Lincoln to the Senate and House of Representatives, 14 May 1862, CW, 5:214-15.

In evening tells Sen. Browning (Ill.) about trip to Fortress Monroe, Va. Browning, Diary.