Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 7 [Nov. 5, 1863-Sept. 12, 1864].

Annotation

[1]   ALS, owned by D. N. Heineman, New York City. See Lincoln to Stanton, December 18, and to Welles, December 20, supra. Under date of December 23, 1863, John Hay's Diary records:

``I took to the Senate today the nomination of Schofield as Major General. The President had previously spoken to some of the Senators about it. He is anxious that Schofield shd be confirmed so as to arrange this Missouri matter properly. I told Sherman, Wilson, Harris and Doolittle. Senator Foote also agreed to do all he could to put the matter properly through. But on the nomination being read in executive session, Howard of Michigan objected to its consideration and it was postponed. Sherman and Doolittle tell me it will certainly go through when it is regularly taken up.

``Lane came up to see the President about it, and told him this. Lane is very anxious to have the Kansas part of the plan at once carried out.

``Morgan says that Gratz Brown gave to Sumner to present to the Senate the Radical protest against Schofield's confirmation, and that Sumner presented it today. The President sent for Sumner but he was not at his lodgings. . . .''

AGO, General Orders No. 28, January 22, 1864, assigned Rosecrans to command the Department of the Missouri replacing Schofield and ordered Schofield to report to Grant at Chattanooga.