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Rosecrans delivered…“victory at Chattanooga”: JH to JGN, September 11, 1863, in Hay, At Lincoln’s Side, p. 54.
“unexpectedly appeared…of [the] Chicamauga”: Charles A. Dana to EMS, September 12, 1863, reel 5, Stanton Papers, DLC.
battle of Chickamauga: See Dave Powell, “Chickamauga, Battle of,” in Encyclopedia of the American Civil War, ed. Heidler and Heidler, pp. 427–31.
“Chicamauga is as fatal…as Bull Run”: Charles A. Dana to EMS, September 20, 1863, reel 6, Stanton Papers, DLC.
Union casualties: Entry for September 20, 1862, in Long, The Civil War Day by Day, p. 412.
“We have met with…scattered troops there”: William S. Rosecrans to Henry W. Halleck, September 20, 1863, in OR, Ser. 1, Vol. XXX, Part I, pp. 142–43.
the dispatches reached him…“awake and watchful”: Entry for September 21, 1863, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 438.
wandered into Hay’s room…“air before it comes”: “[27 September 1863, Sunday],” in Hay, Inside Lincoln’s White House, p. 85.
Lincoln telegraphed Mary…“see you and Tad”: AL to MTL, September 21, 1863, in CW, VI, p. 471.
Mary responded…plans to do so: MTL to AL, September 22, 1863, quoted in Helm, The True Story of Mary, p. 215.
proved “less unfavorable…feared”: Entry for September 22, 1863, in Chase Papers, Vol. I, p. 449 (quote); Charles A. Dana to EMS, September 20, 1863, in OR, Ser. 1, Vol. XXX, Part I, p. 193.
Thomas’s corps had held…than the Federals: Powell, “Chickamauga, Battle of,” in Encyclopedia of the American Civil War, ed. Heidler and Heidler, p. 430.
“still remains in…to twenty days”: Charles A. Dana to EMS, September 23, 1863, reel 6, Stanton Papers, DLC.
Stanton came up with…dispatched messengers: Flower, Edwin McMasters Stanton, p. 203.
Chase had just retired…and his entire army: Entry for September 23, 1863, in Chase Papers, Vol. I, p. 450.
John Hay was sent to the Soldiers’ Home…back to the War Department: “[27 September 1863, Sunday],” in Hay, Inside Lincoln’s White House, p. 86 (quotes); John G. Nicolay and John Hay, Abraham Lincoln: A History, Vol. VIII (New York: Century Co., 1917), p. 112.
“I have invited…serious for jokes”: Entry for September 23, 1863, in Chase Papers, Vol. I, pp. 450–52 (quotes); Flower, Edwin McMasters Stanton, p. 203.
“he had fully considered…with excellent arguments”: Entry for September 23, 1863, in Chase Papers, Vol. I, p. 452.
Stanton immediately sent an orderly…“make a few figures”: W. H. Whiton recollections, quoted in Gorham, Life and Public Services of Edwin M. Stanton, Vol. I, pp. 123–24.
“I can complete…given my consent”: McCallum, EMS, and AL, quoted in Flower, Edwin McMasters Stanton, p. 204.
“Colonel McCallum…I will approve them”: AL, quoted in W. H. Whiton recollections, quoted in Gorham, Life and Public Services of Edwin M. Stanton, Vol. I, pp. 124–25.
Stanton worked…stop to resupply: EMS to J. T. Boyle, September 23, 1863, in OR, Ser. 1, Vol. XXIX, Part I, p. 147; EMS to R. P. Bowler, September 24, 1863, in ibid., p. 153; Daniel Butterfield to Oliver O. Howard, September 26, 1863, in ibid., p. 160; W. P. Smith to EMS, September 26, 1863, in ibid., p. 161; Flower, Edwin McMasters Stanton, pp. 204–06. For documentation of Stanton’s efforts to move the 11th and 12th Army Corps to the Army of the Cumberland, see OR, Ser. 1, Vol. XXIX, Part 1, pp. 146–95.
The first train left Washington…arrived in Tennessee: W. P. Smith to EMS, September 26, 1863, in OR, Ser. 1, Vol. 29, Part I, p. 161; Flower, Edwin McMasters Stanton, pp. 205–06.
Monitoring reports…agree to leave his post: Flower, Edwin McMasters Stanton, pp. 205–07; W. P. Smith to EMS, September 26, 1863, in OR, Ser. 1, Vol. XXIX, Part I, p. 162.
“It was an extraordinary…the twentieth century”: McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, p. 675.
Dana’s reports…troops had lost confidence: Charles A. Dana to EMS, September 30, 1863, in OR, Ser. 1, Vol. XXX, Part I, p. 204.
Stanton telegraphed Grant…discussing the overall military situation: Grant, Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, pp. 315–16.
the general departed