A. Lincoln, President.

TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. McDOWELL.

Washington, June 3, 1862. 6.15 P.M.

Major-general McDOWELL, Front Royal, Virginia: 

Anxious to know whether Shields can head or flank Jackson.  Please tell about where Shields and Jackson, respectively, are at the time this reaches you.

A. Lincoln.

TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK.

Washington, June 4, 1862.

Major-general Halleck, Corinth: 

Your despatch of to-day to Secretary of War received.  Thanks for the good news it brings.

Have you anything from Memphis or other parts of the Mississippi
River?  Please answer.

A. Lincoln.

Telegram to governor Johnson.
[cipher.]
Washington, June 4, 1862.

Hon.  Andrew Johnson, Nashville, Tennessee: 

Do you really wish to have control of the question of releasing rebel prisoners so far as they may be Tennesseeans?  If you do, please tell us so.  Your answer not to be made public.

A. Lincoln.

To general G. B. McCLELLAN.
[Cipher.]
War department, Washington, D.C., June 7, 1862.

Major-general McCLELLAN: 

Your despatch about Chattanooga and Dalton was duly received and sent to General Halleck.  I have just received the following answer from him: 

We have Fort Pillow, Randolph, and Memphis.

A. Lincoln.

TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H. W. HALLECK.

Washington, June 8, 1862.

Major-general Halleck, Corinth, Mississippi: 

We are changing one of the departmental lines, so as to give you all of Kentucky and Tennessee.  In your movement upon Chattanooga I think it probable that you include some combination of the force near Cumberland Gap under General Morgan.

Do you?

A. Lincoln.

TELEGRAM TO GENERAL N. P. BANKS.

Washington, June 9, 1862.

Major-general banks, Winchester: 

We are arranging a general plan for the valley of the Shenandoah, and in accordance with this you will move your main force to the Shenandoah at or opposite Front Royal as soon as possible.

A. Lincoln.

TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J. C. FREMONT.

Washington, June 9, 1862.

Major-general Fremont: 

Halt at Harrisonburg, pursuing Jackson no farther.  Get your force well in hand and stand on the defensive, guarding against a movement of the enemy either back toward Strasburg or toward Franklin, and await further orders, which will soon be sent you.