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

Annotation

[1]   Copy, DNA WR RG 108, HQA, Letters Received, 428, Box 62. A communication signed by Samuel T. Glover and others, May 1, 1863, reads as follows:

``The disorders in this Military department are frightful. Crime in almost every from is committed with impunity. These disorders are not accidental but result from party principles and organization encouraged and assisted by the Military power which instead of being exerted for our protection is being used to promote the evils of which we complain. ``The `Revolutionists' as they boastfully style themselves . . . whose avowed purpose is the immediate abolition of Slavery, regardless of the constitutional rights of our citizens are assisted in their operations by the Chief of this department. . . .'' (DLC-RTL).

On May 2 Governor Gamble pressed for the removal of General Curtis (ibid.). Bates' Diary records on May 11 that Austin A. King and John B. Henderson ``are here, urging upon the Prest the necessity to make a change of commander in Mo., and at once.'' See also Lincoln to Stanton, March 9, supra.