Team of Rivals_ The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln - Doris Kearns Goodwin [602]
“I have scarcely seen…you have split”: AL to Robert H. Milroy, June 29, 1863, in CW, VI, p. 308.
“Truth to speak…so, ranks you”: AL to William S. Rosecrans, March 17, 1863, in ibid., p. 139.
Grant had advanced…settled into a siege: Stanley S. McGowen, “Vicksburg Campaign (May–July 1863),” in Encyclopedia of the American Civil War, ed. Heidler and Heidler, pp. 2021–25.
“Whether Gen. Grant…brilliant in the world”: AL to Isaac N. Arnold, May 26, 1863, in CW, VI, p. 230.
Stanton had sent Charles Dana…long, detailed dispatches: Bruce Catton, Grant Moves South. Vol. I: 1861–1863 (Boston: Little, Brown, 1960; 1988), pp. 388–89; Thomas and Hyman, Stanton, p. 267.
Requesting that General Banks…“should prefer that course”: Charles A. Dana to EMS, May 26, 1863, reel 5, Stanton Papers, DLC.
In a misguided effort…other valuables behind: “General Orders, No. 11,” Department of the Tennessee, December 17, 1862, in OR, Ser. 1, Vol. XVII, Part II, p. 424. See also USG to Christopher P. Wolcott, December 17, 1862, in ibid., pp. 421–22; D. Wolff & Bros, C. F. Kaskell, and J. W. Kaswell to AL, December 29, 1862, in ibid., p. 506; Bertram Wallace Korn, American Jewry and the Civil War (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1951), pp. 122–23.
a delegation of Jewish leaders…“have at once”: Leaders quoted in Korn, American Jewry and the Civil War, pp. 124–25.
wrote a note to Halleck: Ibid., p. 125.
after assuring Grant…“necessary to revoke it”: Henry W. Halleck to USG, January 21, 1863, in OR, Ser. 1, Vol. XXIV, Part I, p. 9 (quote); Henry W. Halleck to USG, January 4, 1863, in OR, Ser. 1, Vol. XVII, Part II, p. 530; Circular, 13th Army Corps, Department of the Tennessee, January 7, 1863, in ibid., p. 544.
Elizabeth Blair heard…“all the time”: EBL to SPL, May 8, 1863, in Wartime Washington, ed. Laas, p. 266.
Bates was told…“bloated” appearance: Entry for May 23, 1863, in The Diary of Edward Bates, 1859–1866, p. 293.
In Grant’s case…“idiotically drunk”: Murat Halstead to SPC, April 1, 1863, Lincoln Papers.
After dispatching investigators to look into: Catton, Grant Moves South, Vol. I, pp. 388–89; Jean Edward Smith, Grant (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001), p. 231.
A memorable story…rest of his generals!: John Eaton, Grant, Lincoln and the Freedmen: Reminiscences of the Civil War (New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1907; New York: Negro Universities Press, 1969), p. 90.
Wade and Chandler told Lincoln…“in reply”: JGN to TB, May 17, 1863, container 2, Nicolay Papers.
Seward accompanied…his garden: See entries for May 1863, in Fanny Seward diary, Seward House, Auburn, New York.
favorite old poplar…“stroke of the axe”: FAS to WHS, June 5, 1863, reel 114, Seward Papers.
Fanny wrote that…“very lonely”: FS to WHS, June 7, 1863, reel 116, Seward Papers.
troubling rumors…“when I am there”: FAS to WHS, June 5, 1863, reel 114, Seward Papers; FS to WHS, June 7, 1863, reel 116, Seward Papers (quote).
Seward noted…“an invasion of Washington”: WHS to [FAS], June 11, 1863, in Seward, Seward at Washington…1861–1872, p. 169.
Mary and Tad left…Continental Hotel: Entry for June 8, 1863, in Lincoln Day by Day, Vol. III, p. 188; MTL to John Meredith Read, June 16, [1863], in Turner and Turner, Mary Todd Lincoln, p. 152 n2.
Welles spoke with Lincoln…“thought best”: Entry for June 8, 1863, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 325.
“Think you better…ugly dream about him”: AL to MTL, June 9, 1863, in CW, VI, p. 256.
Seward sent a telegram…“pic-nic to the Lake”: Entry for June 15, 1863, in Johnson, “Sensitivity and Civil War,” p. 813.
Lee had crossed…“adds to our strength”: WHS to [FAS], June 15, 1863, in Seward, Seward at Washington…1861–1872, pp. 169–70.
“Invasion!…in Maryland and Pennsylvania”: NYT headline, June 16, 1863.
“It is a matter of choice…anything at all”: AL to MTL, June 16, 1863, in CW, VI, p. 283.
“The country, now…is wide awake”: Entry for June 18, 1863, in