^ Burlingame 2008, p. 481; Nichols 1974, p. 7.

^ Nichols 1974, p. 7.

^ Jump up to: a b Bulla & Borchard 2010, p. 481.

^ Mille Lacs Band letter, The Weekly Pioneer and Democrat Sept 19, 1862 in St Paul, p. 3 [3]

^ Mille Lacs Band offer to fight Sioux,  Goodhue Republican Vol. 6 No. 3, Sept 12, 1863,  [4]

^ Armstrong and a delegation of Chippewa chiefs meet with Lincoln, Travis Armstrong,  Leech Lake (Pillager) Reservation Band of Ojibwe Indians of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe [5]

^ Chippewa Chiefs held a war council with Gov. Ramsey to fight the Sioux on September 26, 1862 [6]

^ Difference Between Court-Martial and Military Tribunal, Ernesto Gapasin, Military Trial Lawyers, Gapasin Law Group, LLC Blog,  1736 E Sunshine St Suite 713, Springfield, MO., Oct 26, 2015, [7]

^ Burlingame, Michael, Abraham Lincoln: A Life, Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns Hopkins University Press, vol. 2, p. 483.

^ Donald 1996, p. 137.

^ Paludan 1994, p. 116.

^ McPherson 2009, pp. 450–452.

^ Goodwin 2005, p. 319.

^ Goodwin 2005.

^ Summers, Robert. "Abraham Lincoln". Internet Public Library 2 (IPL2). 