Gen. Prentiss and group of officers captured at Shiloh visit President. Nicolay to Bates, 16 October 1862, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Lincoln interviews D. R. Goodloe, chairman, Commission for Emancipation of Slaves in District of Columbia, and William H. Channing, pastor of Washington Unitarian Church, 6th and D Sts. NW., regarding Channing's appointment as chaplain. Memorandum: Appointment of William H. Channing, 16 October 1862, CW, 5:464-65.