To the Senate and House of Representatives:
In conformity to the Law of 16 July 1862, I most cordially recommend that Commander David D. Porter, U.S. Navy, Acting Rear Admiral, commanding the Mississippi Squadron, receive a vote of thanks of Congress, for the bravery and skill displayed in the attack on the Post of Arkansas, which surrendered to the combined Military and Naval Forces on the 10th. Inst.
Washington City, ABRAHAM LINCOLN
28 January 1863.