Team of Rivals_ The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln - Doris Kearns Goodwin [591]
As rumors spread…16,000 casualties: “5 September 1862, Friday,” in ibid., p. 38; FWS to WHS, September 1, 1862, quoted in Seward, Seward at Washington…1861–1872, p. 126; McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, p. 532.
“Jeff. Davis…before the National Capital”: NYT, August 31, 1862.
put the president in an untenable…angrier he became: “1 September 1862, Monday,” in Hay, Inside Lincoln’s White House, p. 37.
“There is no…now to sacrifice”: AL, quoted in “5 September 1862, Friday,” in ibid., pp. 38–39.
When Halleck recommended…Lincoln agreed: Entry for September 12, 1862, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 124; Sears, George B. McClellan, p. 260.
Bates rewrote the protest…he agreed McClellan should go: Entry for September 1, 1862, ibid., pp. 100–03 (quotes); entry for September 1, 1863, in Chase Papers, Vol. I, pp. 367–68.
gathered at noon…messy controversy over McClellan: Entry for September 2, 1862, in Lincoln Day by Day, Vol. III, p. 137; entry for September 2, 1862, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 104 (quote).
Jenny was expecting…Clara, was dying: Janet W. Seward, “Personal Experiences of the Civil War,” box 132, Seward Papers, NRU; FAS to WHS, August 24, September 7, 1862, reel 114, Seward Papers; FAS to WHS, September 10, 1862, reel 116, Seward Papers.
When he heard…cut his vacation short: Seward, Seward at Washington…1861–1872, p. 127.
the president was called out: Entry for September 2, 1862, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 104.
“in a suppressed voice…prove a national calamity”: Ibid., pp. 104–05 (quotes); entry for September 2, 1862, in Lincoln Day by Day, Vol. III, p. 137.
Stanton, recognizing…“a drooping leaf”: Evening Post, New York, July 13, 1891 (quote); Flower, Edwin McMasters Stanton, p. 179.
“seemed wrung…to hang himself”: EB, quoted in footnote to AL, “Meditation on the Divine Will,” [September 2, 1862?], in CW, V, p. 404 n1.
“In great contests…it shall not end yet”: AL, “Meditation on the Divine Will,” [September 2, 1862?], in ibid., pp. 403–04.
Seward drove immediately…“during his absence”: Seward, Seward at Washington…1861–1872, p. 127.
“What is the use…should have known it”: WHS, quoted in “[Mid-September 1862?],” in Hay, Inside Lincoln’s White House, p. 40.
Seward turned to history…“preserve hopefulness”: WHS to FS, c. November 1862, quoted in Seward, Seward at Washington…1861–1872, p. 144.
Seward did not question…“sea of revolution”: WHS to FAS, September 20, 1862, quoted in ibid., p. 132.
a president had to work: “5 September 1862, Friday,” in Hay, Inside Lincoln’s White House, p. 38.
McClellan smugly returned to his old headquarters: FWS to WHS, September 3, 1862, quoted in Seward, Seward at Washington…1861–1872, p. 127.
“Again I have…‘away from us again’”: GBM to MEM, September 5, [1862], in Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan, p. 435.
crossed the Potomac…three cigars: James M. McPherson, Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam. Pivotal Moments in American History Series (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002), pp. 98, 104–05, 107–08. For actual “Lost Orders,” see “Special Orders, No. 191, Hd Qrs Army of Northern Va, Sept 9th 1862,” reel 31, McClellan Papers, DLC.
the Marylanders greeted…their countryside: GBM to MEM, September 12 and 14, [1862], and GBM to AL, September 13, [1862], in Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan, pp. 450, 458, 453.
“We are in…battle of the age”: GBM to MEM, [September] 17, [1862], in ibid., p. 468.
casualties higher than D-Day: McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, p. 544.
“Our victory was…so completely”: GBM to MEM, September 20, [1862], in Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan, p. 473.
Lincoln was thrilled…and allowed Lee to cross: AL to GBM, September 15, 1862, CW, V, p. 426; GBM to Henry W. Halleck, September 19 and 20, 1862, in Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan, pp. 470, 475.
“At last our Generals…National crisis”: NYT, September 18, 1862.
“Sept. 17…of its downfall”: NYT, September 20, 1862.
On September 22…“a graver tone”: Carpenter, Six Months at the White House,