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On the recordNovember 4, 1861
This plan approved, with the modification that the governor stipulates that when he commissions a major-general of militia it shall be the same person at the time in command of the United States Department of the West; and in case the United States shall change such commander of the department, he (the governor) will revoke the State commission given to the person relieved and give one to the person substituted to the United States command of said department.
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois
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Executive Order—Approving the Plan of the Governor of Missouri

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