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17 A History of the Sixth Iowa Infantry, p. 35; Military History and Reminiscences of the 13th Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry, p. 27; J. S. Clark, op. cit., p. 64.
18 Official Records, Vol. III, p. 553.
19 Thomas, op. cit., pp. 278-79.
He Must be Willing to Fight
1 Ulysses S. Grant and the Period of National Preservation and Reconstruction, by William C. Church, p. 84.
2 Ibid., p. 83.
3 Personal Memoirs of John H. Brinton, Major and Surgeon, U.S.V., pp. 36-37.
4 Muskets and Medicine; or, Army Life in the Sixties, by Charles Beneulyn Johnson, M.D., p. 181.
5 Personal Memoirs of John H. Brinton, pp. 40, 43, 61; Letters from the Army, by B. F. Stevenson, p. 14.
6 Guns on the Western Waters: The Story of River Gunboats in the Civil War, by H. Allen Gosnell, pp. 15, 18.
7 Van Horne, Vol. I, p. 23; Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Vol. I, pp. 265-67.
8 Military Essays and Recollections: Papers Read before the Commandery of the State of Illinois, Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Vol. I, pp. 22-23, 25.
9 Ben Hur Wallace, by Irving McKee, Chap. 1, passim; Lew Wallace: An Autobiography, Vol. I, pp. 338-45.
10 B. & L., Vol. I, pp. 380-81; History of the 38th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, by Henry Fales Perry, p. 11.
11 Lewis, op. cit., pp. 189-91; The Wild Riders of the First Kentucky Cavalry: A History of the Regiment, p. 30.
12 History of the 53rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, by John K. Duke, p. 6.
13 Memoirs of a Volunteer, 1861-1863, by John Beatty, edited by Harvey S. Ford, pp. 70-71, 75-76, 79-81.
14 History of the 38th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, p. 261.
15 The Life of Major General George H. Thomas, by Thomas B. Van Horne, pp. 1-31; Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, by Jacob D. Cox, Vol. II, p. 237.
Chapter Four: TO MARCH TO TERRIBLE MUSIC
Sambo Was Not Sambo
1 Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel, Astronomer and General, by F. A. Mitchel, p. 237.
2 Personal Memoirs of John H. Brinton, pp. 46-47.
3 Military Essays and Recollections: Papers Read before the Commandery of the State of Illinois, Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Vol. III, p. 404.
4 History of the 51st Indiana Veteran Volunteer Infantry, pp. 9-10; Memoirs of a Volunteer, p. 95; The Story of a Cavalry Regiment, by William Forse Scott, p. 380.
5 History of the 33rd Regiment Illinois Veteran Volunteer Infantry, p. 23.
6 Cox, op. cit., Vol. I, p. 158; History of the 77th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, by Lt. W. H. Bentley, p. 101; A Soldier Boy’s Letters to his Father and Mother, pp. 30, 36.
7 Manuscript letters of John W. Chase, 1st Massachusetts Artillery.
8 For anyone who is interested, the Stone affair is discussed in greater length in Mr. Lincoln’s Army, pp. 76-83. For a much more pointed analysis, see T. Harry Williams, “Investigation 1862,” in American Heritage, Vol. VI, No. 1.
War Along the Border
1 B. & L., Vol. I, pp. 632-33.
2 Ibid., p. 661 et seq.; Official Records, Vol. VI, p. 179.
3 Thomas, op. cit., p. 289.
4 For a pointed discussion of the ruinous effect of the habit of overestimating Confederate strength (written by a soldier by no means hostile to McClellan) see Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, by Jacob D. Cox, Vol. I, pp. 250-53.
5 The Wild Riders of the First Kentucky Cavalry, p. 109.
6 Personal Recollections of Distinguished Generals, by William F. G. Shanks, p. 258.
7 Official Records, Vol. XVI, Part 1, p. 51.
8 Ibid., Vol. VII, pp. 530-31.
9 The Rise of U. S. Grant, by A. L. Conger, p. 83 et seq.; Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Vol. I, pp. 271-80.
10 Van Horne, Vol. I, pp. 50-58; The Life of Major General George H. Thomas, p. 50 ff; History of the Tenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, by James Birney Shaw, p. 162; B. & L., Vol. I, pp. 387-91.
Come On, You Volunteers!
1 Official Records, Vol. VII, pp. 527, 532-33.
2 Ibid., p. 532.
3 Anyone interested in following this dreary exchange of messages can find them in Official Records, Vol. VII, pp. 573-74, 576, 578-80, 583-87.
4 Gosnell, op. cit., pp.