President recognizes George H. Garlichs as consul of Kingdom of Netherlands at Cincinnati for Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 3 November 1862, 2d ed., 2:3.

Announces allotment of justices of Supreme Court to their respective circuits. Allotment of Supreme Court Judges to Circuits, 29 October 1862, CW, 5:480-81.

[Mrs. Lincoln, accompanied by Gen. Scott, visits Brooklyn Navy Yard, N.Y., and goes aboard U.S.S. "North Carolina." Philadelphia News, 30 October 1862.]

Lincoln telegraphs Gen. McClellan: "I am much pleased with the movement of the Army. When you get entirely across the river let me know. What do you know of the enemy?" Abraham Lincoln to George B. McClellan, 29 October 1862, CW, 5:481.