To George B. McClellan1Jump to section
December 20, 1861
Senator Sherman spoke to me verbally about the within matter, upon which I desired him to put it in writing. Can there be anything
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862].
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- Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862].
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- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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- 1953.
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for the two officers to do in Oregon equal in importance to them remaining with the volunteer regiments, under the peculiar circumstances?
I hope Gen. McClellan will say not. A. LINCOLN
Dec. 20, 1861.
Annotation
[1] AES, IHI. Lincoln's endorsement appears on a letter of Lorenzo Thomas to John Sherman, December 14, 1861: ``In reply to your letter of 5th inst. addressed to Major General McClellan, I am directed to say that the services of Captains [James W.] Forsyth and [Charles G.] Harker are required with their regiment now in Oregon, and that permission cannot be granted them to command the regiments of Ohio Volunteers as requested by you.''
Captain Charles G. Harker, appointed colonel of the Sixty-fifth Ohio Volunteers as of November 11, 1861, and brigadier general as of September 20, 1863, was killed at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, June 27, 1864. Captain James W. Forsyth remained in temporary command of the Sixty-fourth Ohio Volunteers until February, 1862, when he became acting inspector general to the provost marshal of the Army of the Potomac. He served in this capacity until May, 1863, when he became acting assistant adjutant general of the Regular Brigade of Infantry in the Tennessee campaign. He was appointed major and assistant adjutant general of Volunteers as of April 7, 1864, and brigadier general of Volunteers as of May 19, 1865.