Lincoln receives J. Wesley Greene, Pittsburgh businessman, at White House for interview to hear about two conversations Greene claims to have had with President Davis. Stanton to Lincoln, 19 November 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Memorandum Concerning J. Wesley Greene, [December 1862?], CW, 5:517-18.

Orders Atty. Gen. Bates to issue pardon to Gen. Edwin R. Price (CSA), who resigned his commission and went home. Abraham Lincoln to Edward Bates, 19 November 1862, CW, 5:500-1.