Abraham Lincoln: a history . an 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 defens
Abraham Lincoln: a history . an 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 shouldLiBcota, ^^^^ ^® commissioned by the Governor to command^menr ^^® Mlssouri State militia; and that if the Presi-i86i!° dent changed the former, the Governor shouldpi 456. ? make the corresponding change, in order thatconflict of authority or of military plans might be. HALLECK 97 1861. Scbofleld, Report, W. R. Vol. XIII., p. 7. avoided. This agreement was entered into be- chap. President Lincoln and Governor Gamble onNovember 6, and on November 27 Brigadier-Gen-eral J. M. Schofleld received orders from HaUeckto raise, organize, and command this special militiacorps. The plan was attended with reasonablesuccess, and by the 15th of April, 1862, reportedGeneral Schofleld, an active, efficient force of13,800 men was placed in the fleld, nearly all ibid., 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 app
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