Team of Rivals_ The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln - Doris Kearns Goodwin [641]
Julia Grant…“that we be not judged”: Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant, p. 149; Chambrun, “Personal Recollections of Mr. Lincoln,” Scribner’s (1893), p. 33 (quote).
“he gave orders…the great oaks”: Chambrun, “Personal Recollections of Mr. Lincoln,” Scribner’s (1893), p. 29 (quote); Keckley, Behind the Scenes, p. 169.
“an old country…quiet place like this”: AL, quoted in Arnold, The Life of Abraham Lincoln, p. 435.
observed a turtle…shared “a happy laugh”: Keckley, Behind the Scenes, p. 170.
visited injured soldiers…“no more fighting”: Chambrun, “Personal Recollections of Mr. Lincoln,” Scribner’s (1893), pp. 30, 33–34.
came to say farewell…“floating palace”: Keckley, Behind the Scenes, pp. 171–72.
asked them to play…“upon literary subjects”: Chambrun, “Personal Recollections of Mr. Lincoln,” Scribner’s (1893), pp. 34, 35.
“a beautiful quarto…in his hands”: Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and Letters of Charles Sumner, Vol. IV (London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co., 1893), p. 235.
passages from Macbeth…touch him further: William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Scene II, in The Riverside Shakespeare, 2nd edn., Vol. II (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1997), p. 1373; Chambrun, “Personal Recollections of Mr. Lincoln,” Scribner’s (1893), p. 35.
“how true a description…the same scene”: Chambrun, “Personal Recollections of Mr. Lincoln,” Scribner’s (1893), p. 35.
ominous selection…“in continual dread”: Speed to Barrett, September 16, 1885, University of Chicago Library.
“that the people know…without fear”: AL, quoted in Thomas and Hyman, Stanton, p. 395.
passed by Mount Vernon…“would again reappear”: Chambrun, “Personal Recollections of Mr. Lincoln,” Scribner’s (1893), pp. 35, 32.
He had observed…“in ruined Richmond”: Through Five Administrations, ed. Gerry, p. 59.
“It was in the evening…injuries and the shock”: Seward, Seward at Washington…1861–1872, pp. 271, 270.
his face “so marred…patient and uncomplaining”: FAS to LW, quoted in ibid., p. 271.
“The extreme sensitiveness…from the door”: Seward, ibid., p. 271.
Lincoln entered the room…“the end, at last”: WHS and AL, quoted in ibid., p. 271.
stretched out…“satisfied at the labor”: Seward, Seward at Washington…1861–1872, p. 271; entry for April 9, 1865, in Johnson, “Sensitivity and Civil War,” p. 872 (quotes).
saw that Seward…got up and left the room: Seward, Seward at Washington…1861–1872, p. 272.
telegram from Grant…“proposed by myself”: USG to EMS, April 9, 1865, OR, Ser. 1, Vol. XLVI, Part III, p. 663.
“the President hugged him with joy”: Star, February 15, 1896.
close to 10 p.m.…“first time in my life”: Entry for April 9, 1865, in Johnson, “Sensitivity and Civil War,” p. 871.
Both Grant and Lee…“dignified in defeat”: Jay Winik, April 1865: The Month That Saved America (New York: HarperCollins, 2001), p. 193.
Grant had sent a note…“effusion of blood”: USG to Robert E. Lee, April 7, 1865, OR, Ser. 1, Vol. XLVI, Part III, p. 619.
Lee refused to accept…ready to surrender: McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, p. 848.
dressed for the historic…“deep, red silk”: Douglas Southall Freeman, R. E. Lee: A Biography, Vol. IV (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1936), p. 118.
imprisoned before…“my best appearance”: Robert E. Lee, quoted in ibid., p. 118.
terms of surrender…“properly exchanged”: USG to Robert E. Lee, April 9, 1865, quoted in Grant, Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, p. 581.
“the thought occurred to me”…twenty-five thousand men: Grant, Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, pp. 581–83.
tried to speak…“tears came into his eyes”: Freeman, R. E. Lee, Vol. IV, p. 144.
“Men, we have fought…best I could for you”: Robert E. Lee, quoted in ibid.
“each side of…as ever, General Lee!”: Charles Blackford, quoted in ibid. pp. 146, 147.
“a great boom…laid down its arms”: Brooks, Washington, D.C., in Lincoln’s Time, p. 223.
“The nation seems…terminates the Rebellion”: Entry for April 10, 1865, Welles diary, Vol. II, p. 278.
several thousand gathered…“people cheered”: National Intelligencer, Washington, D.C., April 11,