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Abraham Lincoln, Memorandum on Current Issues 1, November 2, 1861
Collected Works, V, 13-14. Many letters in this collection bear on the creation of a new Western military department with James H. Lane at its head. See also William K. Strong to Lincoln, November 2, 1861, and for Governor Gamble's plan relative to state and Federal co-operation in Missouri, see Collected Works, V, 15-16.
Moving the guns — Sickles—
New-Department, Lane.
Missouri — Strong
Missouri — Gamble.
Harbor defences.