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 Henry W. Halleck1Jump to section

Executive Mansion.
Maj Genl Halleck. Washington, January 7th. 1863.

My dear Sir: What think you of forming a reserve Cavalry Corps of, say 6000 for the Army of the Potomac? Might not such a corps be constituted from the Cavalry of Sigels and Slocums corps, with scraps we could pick up here and there? Yours truly,

A LINCOLN.

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[1] Copy, DNA WR RG 108, HQA, December file 1863, 137L. No reply from Halleck has been found and none is given in the Official Records where Lincoln's communication is printed (I, XXI, 954). On January 14, however, General Carl Schurz wrote Lincoln, ``To-day I went with Gen. Sigel to see Gen. Burnside, who fully agreed to it that I should command the Eleventh Corps and Gen. Stahel the Cavalry Reserve. Gen. Stahel also is very well satisfied with it. All concerned now agreeing upon that point the only thing that is wanted is that you should be kind enough to issue an order placing me in command of the Corps and Gen. Stahel in command of the Cavalry-Reserve, consisting of the Cavalry now with the Grand Reserve Division and such regiments as will be attached to it. . . .'' (DLC-RTL). See further Lincoln to Stanton, January 12, infra.

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