A. Lincoln.

TO SECRETARY OF WAR.

War department, Washington city,
May 16, 1863.

Hon.  Secretary of war.

My dear sir:—­The commander of the Department at St. Louis has ordered several persons south of our military lines, which order is not disapproved by me.  Yet at the special request of the Hon.  James Guthrie I have consented to one of the number, Samuel Churchill, remaining at Louisville, Ky., upon condition of his taking the oath of allegiance and Mr. Gutlirie’s word of honor for his good behavior.

Yours truly,
A. Lincoln.

Orders sending C. L. Vallandigham beyond military lines. [Cipher.]

United states military telegraph, May 10, 1863. 
By telegraph from Washington, 9.40 PM, 1863

To major-general Burnside,
Commanding Department of Ohio.

Sir:—­The President directs that without delay you send C. L. Vallandigham under secure guard to the Headquarters of General Rosecrans, to be put by him beyond our military lines; and in case of his return within our lines, he be arrested and kept in close custody for the term specified in his sentence.

By order of the President: 
E. R. S. Canby, Assistant Adjutant-General.

War department,
May 20, 1863.

Major-general A. B. Burnside,
Commanding Department of Ohio, Cincinnati, O.

Your despatch of three o’clock this afternoon to the Secretary of War has been received and shown to the President.  He thinks the best disposition to be made of Vallandigham is to put him beyond the lines, as directed in the order transmitted to you last evening, and directs that you execute that order by sending him forward under secure guard without delay to General Rosecrans.

By order of the President: 
Ed. R. S. Canby, Brigadier-General

TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS.

Washington, May 20, 1863.

Major-general Rosecrans: 

Yours of yesterday in regard to Colonel Haggard is received.  I am anxious that you shall not misunderstand me.  In no case have I intended to censure you or to question your ability.  In Colonel Haggard’s case I meant no more than to suggest that possibly you might have been mistaken in a point that could [be] corrected.  I frequently make mistakes myself in the many things I am compelled to do hastily.

A. Lincoln.

TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS.

Washington, May 21, 1863. 4.40 PM.