Identifier: abrahamlincoln05nico (find matches)
Title: Abraham Lincoln : a history
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Nicolay, John G. (John George), 1832-1901 Hay, John, 1838-1905, joint author
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents
Publisher: New York : Century Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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earlier date (October 11, 1861), whenit wisely adopted an ordinance postponing theState election for the period of one year, and forcontinuing the officers of the provisional govern-ment until their successors should be duly ap-pointed. With his tenure of power thus prolonged,Governor Gamble, also by direction of the Conven-tion, proposed to the President to raise a specialforce of Missouri State militia for service withinthe State during the war there, but to act with theUnited States troops in military operations withinthe State or when necessary to its defense. President Lincoln accepted the plan upon the con-dition that whatever United States officer might bein command of the Department of the West should x. , also be commissioned by the Governor to command Lincoln, J Eme°nT~ tne Missouri State militia; and that if the Presi-de?0 V.r. dent changed the former, the Governor shouldYp.IS1 make the corresponding change, in order thatconflict of authority or of military plans might be
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HALLECK 97 Schofleld,Report, Vol. XIII.,p. 7. avoided. This agreement was entered into be-tween President Lincoln and Governor Gamble onNovember 6, and on November 27 Brigadier-Gen-eral J. M. Schofield received orders from Halleckto raise, organize, and command this special militiacorps. The plan was attended with reasonablesuccess, and by the 15th of April, 1862, reportedGeneral Schofield, an active, efficient force of13,800 men was placed in the field, nearly all ibid., P. aof cavalry. The raising and organizing of thisforce during the winter and spring of 1861-62produced a certain degree of local military activ-ity just at the season when the partisan andguerrilla operations of rebel sympathizers werenecessarily impeded or wholly suspended by severeweather; and this, joined with the vigorous ad-ministration of General Halleck, and the fact thatCurtis was chasing the army of Price out of South-west Missouri, gave a somewhat delusive appear-ance of quiet and order throughout the Stat

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