Team of Rivals_ The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln - Doris Kearns Goodwin [582]
A grateful Monty Blair…“very well of it”: MB to FPB, March 12, 1862, box 7, folder 6, Blair-Lee Papers, NjP-SC.
approving Frémont’s appointment…“opinion and action”: NYT, March 13, 1862.
Seward appreciated…at large: Seward, Seward at Washington…1861–1872, pp. 50–51.
“Somebody must be…the S. of S.”: WHS to TW, April 25, 1862, quoted in ibid., p. 88.
“The President…and practical”: WHS to TW, April 1, 1862, quoted in ibid., p. 81.
Count Gurowski despaired…“strategy?”: Entry for February 1862, in Gurowski, Diary from March 4, 1861 to November 12, 1862, pp. 156, 226–27, 171 (quote).
by the middle of March…him of command: Allan Nevins, The War for the Union. Vol. II: War Becomes Revolution, 1862–1863 (1960; New York: Konecky & Konecky, undated reprint), p. 44.
Seward scorned…northern Virginia!: WHS, paraphrased in letter from Sam Ward to S. L. M. Barlow, March 27, 1862, in ibid.
While acknowledging…“‘stationary’ engine”: Carpenter, Six Months at the White House, p. 255.
he confided to Browning…“orders to move”: Entry for April 2, 1862, in Browning, The Diary of Orville Hickman Browning, Vol. I, pp. 537–38.
twenty-four hours before…to Fort Monroe: Sears, To the Gates of Richmond, p. xi; Sears, George B. McClellan, p. 168.
presented a sight…“seldom seen”: Entry for March 16, 1862, in French, Witness to the Young Republic, p. 391.
“I will bring you…ofhis heart”: GBM to the Soldiers of the Army of the Potomac, March 14, 1862, quoted in NYT, March 16, 1862.
“information…defend the Capital”: EMS to Heman Dyer, May 18, 1862, reel 3, Stanton Papers, DLC.
“explicit order…entirely secure”: AL to GBM, April 9, 1862, in CW, V, p. 184.
Stanton referred…“wrath of his friends”: EMS to Heman Dyer, May 18, 1862, reel 3, Stanton Papers, DLC.
McClellan advanced…constructing earthworks: Sears, To the Gates of Richmond, pp. 36–62; Todd Anthony Rosa, “Peninsula Campaign,” in Encyclopedia of the American Civil War, ed. Heidler and Heidler, p. 1483.
“You now have…as you can”: AL to GBM, April 6, 1862, in CW, V, p. 182.
“he had better come & do it himself”: GBM to MEM, April 8, [1862], in Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan, p. 234.
“the enemy…strong batteries”: GBM and EMS paraphrased in entry of April 9, 1862, in The Diary of Edward Bates, 1859–1866, p. 249.
“It is indispensable…But you must act”: AL to GBM, April 9, 1862, in CW, V, p. 185.
“Do not misunderstand…batteries built”: GBM to AL, April 23, 1862, Lincoln Papers.
“the more decisive the results will be”: GBM to MEM, April 19, [1862], in Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan, p. 243.
“compelled to change…delay of victory”: GBM to EMS, [c. April 27, 1862], in ibid., pp. 248–49.
Joe Johnston…damage to the rebel army: Sears, To the Gates of Richmond, pp. 68, 62; GBM to EMS, May 4, 1862, in Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan, p. 254.
the long delay…a counteroffensive: McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, p. 455.
the spring social season…“over the ground”: NR, April 4, 1862.
Mary remained in mourning…on the lawn: Commissioner B. B. French to Colonel John Harris, Commandant U.S. Marine Corps, June 12, 1862, p. 134, Vol. 14, Letters Sent by the Commissioner of Public Buildings, Vols. 12, 14 (July 2, 1855–June 9, 1865), reel 7, Records of the District of Columbia Commissioners and of the Offices Concerned with Public Buildings, 1791–1867 (National Archives Microfilm Publication M371), Records of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, RG 42, DNA.
“more of a…in order to watch her”: Mrs. Daniel Chester (Mary) French, Memories of a Sculptor’s Wife (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1928), pp. 147–48.
“I a simple…her perfection”: Fanny Garrison Villard, quoted in Phelps, Kate Chase, Dominant Daughter, p. 279.
Kate’s daily schedule, breakfasts and parties: Ross, Proud Kate, p. 78; Phelps, Kate Chase, Dominant Daughter, p. 112.
“stop at Van Zant’s…and agreeable occasion”: KCS to Jay Cooke, quoted in Ross, Proud Kate, p. 94.
“Cabinet calling…and Mrs. Stanton”: “Miriam,” February 19, 1862, Iowa State Register, Des