Letter from Leonard Swett to Abraham Lincoln dismissing reports of significant opposition in Springfield, Missouri in response to the president's removal of John C. Fremont as Commander of the Department of the West. Fremont, a former western…
Telegram from General Samuel R. Curtis to Abraham Lincoln reporting delivery of an order (Special Order 18) replacing General John C. Fremont with General David Hunter as Commander of the Department of the West. November 6, 1861. Lincoln's order…
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to General Samuel R. Curtis regarding dispatch of enclosed documents to General John C. Fremont. October 24, 1861. The enclosures apparently included Special Order 18, removing Fremont from command of the Department of the…
