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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Cite this Item: "Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862]." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln5. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 24, 2024.

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[1] ALS, RPB. ``Hallecks Head Quarters Corinth'' is not in Lincoln's handwriting. Halleck had telegraphed Stanton on June 4 that General John Pope was thirty miles south of Corinth and ``already reports 10,000 prisoners and deserters. . . and 15,000 stand of arms captured.'' (OR, I, X, I, 669). Pope later denied ever having made such a report (OR, I, X, II, 635), but Halleck maintained that he had telegraphed ``the exact language of General Pope. If it was erroneous, the responsibility is his, not mine.'' (OR, I, X, I, 671). On June 5 Halleck telegraphed that ``A dispatch from Grand Junction says it was reported there that Memphis was evacuated on Saturday I have nothing to confirm the report & can hear nothing of the flotilla in the Mississippi River.'' (DLC-RTL).