Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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To Clinton B. Fisk1Jump to section

Gen. Clinton B. Fisk Executive Mansion,
My dear Sir Washington, Oct. 29. 1863.

I have just received and read your very kind and instructive letter of the 24th. for which please accept my thanks. It is so free from passion, and so full of charity and good will, that I regret not having time to do more than acknowledge the receipt of it. Yours very truly A. LINCOLN

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[1] ADfS, DLC-RTL. See Lincoln to Fisk, October 13, supra. General Fisk wrote Lincoln on October 24, 1863:

``I have this day had the pleasure of perusing your communication to Hon. Chas. D. Drake and others of Missouri . . . I trust Your Excellency will pardon a Missouri soldier for briefly saying to you that you have hit the nail squarely on the head.

``I have been pained to see party disputes carried to such a length. . . .

``I am a Missourian. My home is in St. Louis where in April A.D. 1861 I shouldered a musket in defence of the old flag. I believed Slavery to be the

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cause and strength of the rebellion, and I desire that Slavery should die. I am counted orthodox among the radicals. I endorsed heartily your proclamation of freedom, save only that Missouri was excepted from its operation. . . .

``The war upon Gov. Gamble and Gen'l Schofield has been wicked, and prejudiced to the promotion of unity and peace. Gov Gamble although not my choice and some of whose acts I can not endorse---yet I know him to be as loyal as any man in Missouri. . . .

``It is probably not proper that I write either in praise or censure of my immediate Commanding Officer Genl. Schofield, but you will pardon me for saying that I wish every man in Missouri and the Country be he Citizen or Soldier were as loyal, patriotic and earnest for the Nation's welfare, as I believe Maj Genl John M. Schofield to be.

``Since my transfer from Genl. Grant's Department in July last, I have been in command of the District of South East Missouri, which district includes about thirty counties in the south east portion of the State. . . . Your orders to Genl Schofield in your communication of the 1st. int., if cheerfully adopted, and vigorously carried out by his subordinate commanders and complied with by `those not of the Military' are just what will restore kindly feeling---fraternal fellowship---unity and peace to the State. . . .'' (DLC-RTL).