Rise to Greatness, page 54
“The Sioux War”: Cox, Lincoln and the Sioux Uprising of 1862, p. 152.
“like the locusts”: ibid., p. 26.
“anxious to execute”: ibid., pp. 152–53.
A plea from … Ramsey: CW, Vol. 5, p. 493n.
“Please forward”: ibid., p. 493.
“The only distinction”: ibid., p. 493n.
possible lynch mobs: Pope to Lincoln, Nov. 24, 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
“turn them over to me”: Ramsey to Lincoln, Nov. 28, 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
The president told his visitors: CW, Vol. 5, p. 493n.
“I have waited in vain”: Mary Lincoln to Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 2, 1862.
Lincoln finally replied: CW, Vol. 5, p. 494.
Company K: Pinsker, Lincoln’s Sanctuary, pp. 79–81.
“loud talking”: ibid., p. 83.
“getting quite thick”: ibid., p. 84.
“in the same bed”: Chamberlin, History of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, Second Regiment, Bucktail Brigade, p. 38.
Some historians have speculated: cf. Tripp, The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln.
“very agreeable to me”: CW, Vol. 5, pp. 484–85.
test firing of a new rocket: Bruce, Lincoln and the Tools of War, pp. 217–19.
“a long familiar talk”: Browning diary, Nov. 29, 1862.
ordered the release: Long, The Civil War Day by Day, p. 289.
“would rather die”: CW, Vol. 5, pp. 503–4.
Browning asked about Burnside: Browning diary, Nov. 29, 1862.
“somewhat risky”: CW, Vol. 5, pp. 514–15.
“To cross the Rappahannock”: Browning diary, Nov. 29, 1862.
“The President is … quickened”: Sumner to John Bright, Nov. 18, 1862.
Lincoln was shocked: CW, Vol. 5, pp. 505–6.
“His hair is grizzled”: Lincoln Observed, pp. 13–14.
13: DECEMBER
“I strongly suspect”: CW, Vol. 5, pp. 553–54.
second annual message to Congress: ibid., pp. 518–37.
make the decisions himself: ibid., pp. 537–38.
303 often confusing files: Cox, Lincoln and the Sioux Uprising of 1862, p. 182.
a drunken mob marched: ibid., pp. 189–90.
a follow-up message: Nicolay to Henry H. Sibley, Dec. 9, 1862.
“shrank with evident pain”: “Conversation with Hon. J. Holt Washington Oct 25 1875,” in An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln, p. 69.
“hang men for votes”: quoted in Cox, Lincoln and the Sioux Uprising of 1862, p. 184.
“after all hope”: William B. Franklin, “Franklin’s Left Grand Division,” in Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol. 3, p. 133.
“a chicken could not live”: James Longstreet, “The Battle of Fredericksburg,” in Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol. 3, p. 79.
“men, prostrate and dropping”: Darius Couch, “Sumner’s ‘Right Grand Division,’” in Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol. 3, p. 113.
Longstreet saw “the Federals”: James Longstreet, “The Battle of Fredericksburg,” p. 82.
grab at the legs: Lang, The Forgotten Charge: The 123rd Pennsylvania at Marye’s Heights, p. 74.
“imbecility, treachery, failure”: quoted in McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, pp. 573–74.
“never once faltered”: Catton, Glory Road, p. 62.
“If the same battle”: RW, p. 426.
Wilkinson … Wade … Fessenden: Browning diary, Dec. 16, 1862.
Browning … protested: ibid., Dec. 22, 1862.
“no evidence”: Goodwin, Team of Rivals, 487–88.
demand … Seward’s resignation: Browning diary, Dec. 17, 1862.
“do as they please about me”: quoted in Goodwin, Team of Rivals, p. 488.
“partizans of Mr. Chase”: Browning diary, Dec. 22, 1862.
Ewing “had no doubt”: ibid., Dec. 19, 1862.
“Chase writes me”: Sumner to John Bright, Nov. 18, 1862.
“like the starling”: RW, p. 397.
“a bitter draught”: Sterne, A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, p. 242.
“refuse to parley”: Welles diary, Dec. 20, 1862.
Needing to hear exactly: ibid., Dec. 19, 1862.
“He had … no adviser”: Hay diary, Oct. 30, 1863.
When Browning … called: Browning diary, Dec. 18, 1862.
Republican senators took their seats: Fessenden, The Life and Public Services of William Pitt Fessenden, Vol. 1, pp. 239–43.
“contrived to suck them out”: Bates diary, Dec. 19, 1862.
“common rumor”: Fessenden, The Life and Public Services of William Pitt Fessenden, Vol. 1, p. 241.
The difficult question: Hay diary, Oct. 30, 1863.
emergency cabinet meeting: Welles diary, Dec. 19, 1862.
Do not … “resist this assault”: ibid.
“could not afford to lose”: Bates diary, Dec. 19, 1862.
the cabinet chattered: ibid.; Welles diary, Dec. 19, 1862.
touting candidates: Browning diary, Dec. 19, 1862; Bates diary, Dec. 20, 1862.
they were not alone: Fessenden, The Life and Public Services of William Pitt Fessenden, Vol. 1, p. 243.
Lincoln then paused, looked at Chase: ibid., pp. 243–44.
“arraigned before a committee”: ibid., pp. 244–46.
Stanton … was “disgusted”: ibid., pp. 248–49.
Smith … “felt strongly tempted”: ibid.
“He lied”: Browning diary, Dec. 22, 1862.
Lincoln put in comments: Fessenden, The Life and Public Services of William Pitt Fessenden, Vol. 1, pp. 244–46.
Recognize and maintain: ibid.
“Seward has seen fit to resign”: ibid., p. 248.
“all in a buz”: Bates diary, Dec. 20, 1862.
“slumped over one way”: Hay diary, Oct. 30, 1863.
to coax him back would tilt: Fessenden, The Life and Public Services of William Pitt Fessenden, Vol. 1, pp. 247–48.
Welles’s mission: Welles diary, Dec. 20, 1862.
“‘Where is it?’”: ibid.
“the most serious governmental crisis”: Goodwin, Team of Rivals, p. 495.
“I do not now see”: Hay diary, Oct. 30, 1863.
“more firmly … in the saddle”: Nicolay and Hay, Abraham Lincoln, Vol. 6, p. 271.
“Now I can ride”: RW, p. 200.
“The war!”: French diary, Dec. 21, 1862.
Medill … cataloged the woes: quoted in Donald, Lincoln, p. 399.
Dahlgren waxed eloquent: Dahlgren diary, Dec. 16, 1862.
“impossibility of … so long a line”: Grant, Memoirs and Selected Letters, p. 289.
Order No. 11: Smith, Grant, pp. 224–26.
“the children of Israel”: Korn, American Jewry and the Civil War, p. 125.
Grant’s next lesson: Grant, Memoirs and Selected Letters, pp. 290–91.
“amazed at the … supplies”: ibid.
She enjoyed the shopping: Taft diary, Jan. 2, 1863.
“From this time until spring”: Mary Lincoln to William A. Newell, Dec. 16, 1862.
“Mrs. Laury, a spiritualist”: Browning diary, Jan. 1, 1863.
a letter to McCullough’s daughter: CW, Vol. 6, pp. 16–17.
West Virginia: ibid., pp. 26–28.
a cheer … in Minnesota: Cox, Lincoln and the Sioux Uprising of 1862, p. 192.
Ile à Vache: Guelzo, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, pp. 223–24.
“he could not stop”: RW, p. 435.
“fraught with evil”: Browning diary, Dec. 31, 1862.
worked with his cabinet to refine: “Conversation with Hon. J. P. Usher, Wash[ingto]n Oct 8, 1878,” in An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln, pp. 66–67.
At the town of Murfreesboro: G. C. Kniffin, “The Battle of Stone’s River,” in Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol. 3, pp. 613–32.
highest proportional toll: McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, p. 582.
“check … to a dangerous sentiment”: CW, Vol. 6, pp. 424–25.
“I can never forget”: ibid.
EPILOGUE
“Your military skill is useless”: CW, Vol. 6, pp. 31–33.
“what do you intend doing?”: Guelzo, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, p. 181.
“gem of my character”: quoted in Donald, Lincoln, pp. 87–88.
“the central act … knocked”: RW, pp. 90, 120.
be remembered forever: ibid., p. 413.
“Every sound appears a knell”: CW, Vol. 1, p. 379.
“my fondest hopes”: RW, p. 413.
“never be forgotten”: quoted in Guelzo, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, p. 186.
“very smilingly”: Taft diary, Jan. 1, 1863.
a few small changes: Guelzo, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, pp. 178–81.
a new flourish: CW, Vol. 6, p. 30.
Lincoln, proofreading carefully: Guelzo, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, p. 181.
At the Seward mansion: Taft diary, Jan. 2, 1863.
The Welles home was quiet: Welles diary, Jan. 1, 1863.
“bright, cherub face”: ibid., Dec. 3, 1862.
“The character of the country”: ibid., Jan. 1, 1863.
“Oh, Mr. French!”: Randall, Mary Lincoln, p. 320.
looking “quite as well”: Taft diary, Jan. 1, 1863.
opinions already written: Simon, Lincoln and Chief Justice Taney, pp. 222, 245.
An early biographer, J. G. Holland: quoted in Herndon and Weik, Abraham Lincoln, Vol. 2, pp. 292–93.
Emancipation Proclamation, ready for his signature: Guelzo, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, pp. 182–83.
“I never … felt more certain”: RW, p. 397.
carefully inscribed his name: An image of the signature was viewed at http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/images/emancipation_05.jpg.
“The signature looks”: RW, p. 112.
Americans erupted in cheers: Guelzo, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, pp. 183–86.
“Emancipation Meetings” … amens: Foreman, A World on Fire, pp. 395–97.
“The workingmen of Europe”: CW, Vol. 6, pp. 63–65.
“bloody, barbarous … scheme”: quoted in Guelzo, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, pp. 187–88.
Vallandigham … Cox: McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, pp. 592–94.
“half his company gone”: Guelzo, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, pp. 187–88.
“the people of … 1862”: New-York Tribune, Sept. 24, 1862.
a quarter of a million Rebel troops: Long, The Civil War Day by Day, p. 706.
“the Union is stronger”: Seward to Dayton, Dec. 1, 1862; Seward to Adams, Nov. 30, 1862.
the London Spectator: Foreman, A World on Fire, pp. 318–19.
“I can see that time coming”: RW, pp. 440–41.
bonds were selling at half: Nicolay and Hay, Abraham Lincoln, Vol. 10, p. 340.
“certainly is growing feeble”: French diary, Feb. 18, 1863.
richer in 1870: Nicolay and Hay, Abraham Lincoln, Vol. 10, p. 340.
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