Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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[1] Copy, DLC-Stanton Papers. The copy is in Stanton's handwriting. McClellan's message to Stanton, Williamsburg, May 7, 1862, requested the ``Galena and other gunboats to move up James River.'' The message also replied to a request for a meeting, ``I dare not leave my command in the present state of affairs, so that it is really impossible for me to go to the rear to meet the President and yourself.'' (OR, I, XI, III, 146). Flag Officer Goldsborough's reply to Lincoln's message has not been located, but Stanton's dispatch to McClellan, May 7, midnight, promised, ``An expedition under command of Captain Rodgers will. . . be sent up the James River to-night, consisting of the Galena and two gunboats. . . . Is there anything else you want?'' (Ibid.,p. 147).