General Pope and President Lincoln traveled by train to West Point, New York to confer with Major General Winfield Scott. On the trip Mr. Lincoln also attended a rifled cannon being produced at Parrott's Cold Spring Foundry. He returned to Washington City on June 25.
The president issued orders calling for General Fremont to be relieved of his command.
The president verbalized his resolve for the war effort in a letter to Secretary Seward that he wanted Mr. Seward to use at a conference of Union governors meeting in New York. It was to be used along with the president's request for more troops. His message said, "I expect to maintain this contest until successful, or till I die, or am conquered, or y term expires, or Congress of the country forsakes me."
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