Team of Rivals_ The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln - Doris Kearns Goodwin [603]
“something of a panic pervades the city”: Entry for June 15, 1863, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 329.
he called out a hundred thousand troops: AL, “Proclamation Calling for 100,000 Militia,” June 15, 1863, in CW, VI, p. 277.
“I should think…kindness & Patriotism”: Entry for June 18, 1863, in French, Witness to the Young Republic, p. 424.
the committee charged with…“all he could ask for”: Stoddard, Inside the White House in War Times, p. 117.
Lincoln’s primary concern…“outgeneraled”: Brooks, Mr. Lincoln’s Washington, p. 196.
“observed in Hooker…taken from other points”: Entry for June 28, 1863, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 348.
When Hooker delivered a prickly telegram: Joseph Hooker to Henry W. Halleck, June 27, 1863 (9:00 a.m.), in OR, Ser. 1, Vol. XXVII, Part I, p. 59; Hooker to Halleck, June 27, 1863 (3:00 p.m.), in ibid., p. 60; Halleck to Hooker, June 27, 1863 (8:00 p.m.), in ibid., p. 60.
Lincoln and Stanton replaced him: Henry W. Halleck to George G. Meade, June 27, 1863, in OR, Ser. 1, Vol. XXVII, Part I, p. 61; Meade to Halleck, June 28, 1863, in ibid., pp. 61–62; “Meade, George Gordon (1815–1872),” in Sifakis, Who Was Who in the Union, p. 266.
“Chase was disturbed…cared should appear”: SPC to Joseph Hooker, June 20, 1863, quoted in Schuckers, The Life and Public Services of Salmon Portland Chase, p. 468; entry of June 28, 1863, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 348 (quote).
“You must have been…exceeded mine”: SPC to KCS, June 29, 1863, reel 27, Chase Papers.
“The turning point…such a suspense”: JGN to TB, July 5, 1863, container 3, Nicolay Papers.
“poor and desultory”…in the telegraph office: Bates, Lincoln in the Telegraph Office, p. 155.
Chandler would “never forget…on the wall”: Zachariah Chandler, quoted in Browne, The Every-Day Life of Abraham Lincoln, pp. 597–98.
a dispatch from Meade…“at all points”: George G. Meade to Henry W. Halleck, July 2, 1863 (8:00 p.m.), in OR, Ser. 1, Vol. XXVII, Part I, p. 72.
“no reliable advices…anxiety prevails”: NYT, July 3, 1863.
a messenger handed…“reliable”: Entry for July 4, 1863, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 357.
a telegram from Meade…after severe losses: George G. Meade to Henry W. Halleck, July 3, 1863, OR, Ser. 1, Vol. XXVII, Part I, pp. 74–75.
Casualties were later calculated: Richard A. Sauers, “Gettysburg, Battle of,” in Encyclopedia of the American Civil War, ed. Heidler and Heidler, p. 836.
“as being the most…covered with the dead”: McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, p. 664; Brooks, Mr. Lincoln’s Washington, pp. 202, 203 (quotes).
a celebratory press release: AL, “Announcement of News From Gettysburg,” July 4, 1863, in CW, VI, p. 314.
“the gloomiest Fourth”…Fireworks were set off: Entry for July 4, 1863, Fanny Seward diary, Seward Papers.
“The results…for the moment at least”: Entry for July 6, 1863, Diary of George Templeton Strong, Vol. III, p. 330.
Grant’s forty-six-day siege: McGowen, “Vicksburg Campaign (May–July 1863),” in Encyclopedia of the American Civil War, ed. Heidler and Heidler, p. 2026; Foote, The Civil War, Vol. II, p. 607.
Welles had received…dispatch in hand: Entry for July 7, 1863, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 364; Brooks, Mr. Lincoln’s Washington, pp. 177 (quote), 201.
“executed a double…excited as he was then”: Brooks, Washington, D.C., in Lincoln’s Time, p. 82.
“caught my hand…‘it is great!’”: Entry for July 7, 1863, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 364.
“The Father…to the sea”: AL to James C. Conkling, August 26, 1863, CW, VI, p. 409.
“The rebel troops”…about thirty thousand: Charles A. Dana to EMS, July 5, 1863, reel 5, Stanton Papers, DLC.
“I write this now…and I was wrong”: AL to USG, July 13, 1863, in CW, VI, p. 326.
a large crowd…“the beginning of the end”: NYH, July 8, 1863.
the official bulletins were read…“beasts at sunrise”: Brooks, Mr. Lincoln’s Washington, p. 201.
Mary’s carriage accident: Star, July 2, 1863; NYH, July 11, 1863; Boyden, Echoes from Hospital and White House, pp. 143–44; Pinsker, Lincoln’s Sanctuary,