Team of Rivals_ The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln - Doris Kearns Goodwin [629]
“Atlanta is ours…are ours now”: NYT, September 5, 1864.
the departing Confederates…“of military value”: McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, p. 774.
“Glorious news…event of the war”: Entry for September 3, 1864, Diary of George Templeton Strong, Vol. III, pp. 480–81.
Seward received the news…at his house to celebrate: Seward, Seward at Washington…1861–1872, p. 242.
the crowd swelled…“effective speeches”: NYT, September 6, 1864.
the twin victories…“perish and leave no root”: WHS, quoted in Seward, Seward at Washington…1861–1872, pp. 242–44.
“For a man of not very”…the upcoming campaign: Entry for September 10, 1864, Welles diary, Vol. II, p. 140.
“This intelligence will…on a peace platform”: Entry for September 3, 1864, ibid., pp. 135–36.
Peace Democrats threatened…“their support”: Clement L. Vallandigham to GBM, September 4, 1864, reel 36, McClellan Papers, DLC.
six drafts…midnight on September 8: Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan, p. 588; GBM to MEM, [September 9, 1864], ibid., p. 597.
He began with a nod…“brethren had been in vain”: GBM to the Democratic Nomination Committee, September 8, 1864, in Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan, pp. 595–96.
“We are going to win…unite on Mr. Lincoln”: Theodore Tilton to JGN, September 6, 1864, Lincoln Papers.
believed that God…“nearly capsized it”: Leonard Swett to his wife, September 8, 1864, quoted in Tarbell, The Life of Abraham Lincoln, Vol. II (1900 edn.), p. 203.
“conspiracy against Mr. Lincoln collapsed”: TW to WHS, September 10, [1864], Lincoln Papers.
“to weaken the President…now support Lincoln”: Entry for September 10, 1864, Welles diary, Vol. II, pp. 140–41.
Chase stopped en route…“judgment of history?”: Entry for September 13, 1864, in Chase Papers, Vol. I, p. 502.
“Mr. Chase had a long…at the north”: EBL to SPL, September 16, 1864, in Wartime Washington, ed. Laas, p. 429.
Chase accompanied Stanton…with Lincoln: Entry for September 16, 1864, in Chase Papers, Vol. I, pp. 503–04.
“I have been…demonstrative”: SPC to KCS, September 17, 1864, reel 35, Chase Papers.
“wronged and hurt…fidelity to his Administration”: Entry for September 17, 1864, in Inside Lincoln’s Cabinet: The Civil War Diaries of Salmon P. Chase, ed. David Donald (New York: Longmans, Green, 1954), p. 255.
“conviction that…in securing it”: SPC to KCS, September 17, 1864, reel 35, Chase Papers.
He traveled…before overflowing crowds: Entries for September 24–November 11, 1864, in Chase Papers, Vol. I, pp. 507–10.
the state elections…previous year: JGN to TB, September 11, 1864, container 3, Nicolay Papers; NYT, September 13, 1864.
“Three weeks ago…confident of success”: JGN to TB, September 11, 1864, container 3, Nicolay Papers.
Philip Sheridan…of Early’s army: McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, p. 777.
“shouting of Clerks”…news became known: Entry for September 20, 1864, in Chase Papers, Vol. I, p. 506.
“This will do much…loving men”: Entry for September 20, 1864, Welles diary, Vol. II, p. 151.
Blair was aware…his resignation to Lincoln: MB to Mary Elizabeth Blair, September 23, 1864, quoted in Smith, The Francis Preston Blair Family in Politics, Vol. II, p. 288.
his father had repeated…“an avowed enemy”: FPB to FB, quoted in EBL to SPL, September 24, [1864], in Wartime Washington, ed. Laas, p. 433.
Henry Wilson warned Lincoln…“account of the Blairs”: Henry Wilson to AL, September 5, 1864, Lincoln Papers.
Monty Blair detested Stanton…“a thief”: “26 September 1864, Monday,” in Hay, Inside Lincoln’s White House, p. 233.
“interchanged words for weeks”: Entry for August 11, 1864, Welles diary, Vol. II, p. 102.
when the opportunity arose…stayed in the race: William Frank Zornow, Lincoln & the Party Divided (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1954), pp. 144–47.
Frémont announced his withdrawal: NYT, September 23, 1864.
“You have generously…connection therewith”: AL to MB, September 23, 1864, in CW, VIII, p. 18. For Blair’s resignation letter, see MB to AL, September 23, 1864, Lincoln Papers.
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