Lincoln invites Secretary of War and Gen. Halleck to dinner in honor of Gens. George A. McCall and Michael Corcoran, and Cols. Orlando B. Willcox and Alfred M. Wood, recently exchanged prisoners. Invitation to Dinner, 18 August 1862, CW, 5:380-81; Memorandum by Hay, 18 August 1862, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Confers with J. R. Gilmore and former Sen. Walker (Miss.). LL, No. 816; James R. Gilmore, Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War (Boston: Page, 1898), 81-83.

Interviews again E. M. Thomas, chairman of delegation of Negro people who were at White House on August 14, 1862. Van Vleet to Lincoln, 17 August 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Interviews Gen. Henry W. Benham regarding his dismissal by Gen. Hunter for alleged violation of orders in attack on Secessionville, S.C. Benham to Lincoln, 19 August 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Decides Michigan appointments with Sen. Chandler (Mich.) and Gov. Austin Blair (Mich.). Donald, Chase Diaries, 114.