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9 Lewis, op. cit., pp. 506-7.
10 B. & L., Vol. IV, p. 686.
11 Downing’s War Diary, p. 260; History of the 104th Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry, p. 309; Lewis, op. cit., p. 509.
The Fire and the Night
1 Manuscript diary of Capt. Lot Abraham, 4th Iowa Cavalry.
2 Manuscript letters of Lewis Bissell, 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery.
3 Manuscript letters of David Carpenter, Massachusetts agent for the Christian Commission; Cox, op. cit., Vol. II, p. 397.
4 Official Records, Series 4, Vol. III, p. 1131.
5 Ibid., pp. 1067-70.
6 Ibid., pp. 1161-62.
A Telegram in Cipher
1 Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Vol. II, p. 489. Grant’s own account of the surrender proceedings and the version given by Col. Horace Porter in B. & L., Vol. IV, pp. 729-46, have been followed here.
2 B. & L., Vol. IV, p. 744.
3 Lewis, op. cit., pp. 534-35.
4 Reminiscences of the Civil War, from Diaries of Members of the 103rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry, p. 208. A similar note was sounded by an Ohio soldier, who said that “the country will just be riddled and burnt over,” adding wistfully: “I only wish that it was in some other state as there are a great many Union folks in N. C., but they will not escape.” (Manuscript letters of Frank O. Weary, 29th Ohio Infantry.)
5 The terms are summarized from Lewis, op. cit., pp. 540-41.
6 B. & L., Vol. IV, p. 757.
Candlelight
1 The Living Lincoln, pp. 600, 638-40.
2 Abraham Lincoln: The War Years, Vol. IV, pp. 319-21.
3 The Story of a Cavalry Regiment, pp. 509, 522.
4 History of the Third Regiment of Wisconsin Veteran Volunteer Infantry, pp. 331-32.
5 A History of the Sixth Iowa Infantry, p. 463.
6 History of the 51st Indiana Veteran Volunteer Infantry, p. 303; Manuscript diary of Capt. Lot Abraham.
7 Under the Maltese Cross, Antietam to Appomattox, narrated by the Rank and File, pp. 382-83; New York Herald, May 24, 1865.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This book could hardly have been written without the help which was provided by a large number of very generous people. Manuscript sources dealing with the lives and thoughts of Civil War soldiers are widely scattered; to get at them a writer is bound to rely on the kindness of those who own them. He thereby incurs a debt which can hardly be repaid but which can at least be gratefully acknowledged.
In preparing this book, the following manuscript sources were used:
Letters of George L. Lang, of the 12th Wisconsin; loaned by Stanley Barnett, of Cleveland.
Letters of Abram S. Funk, of the 35th Iowa; loaned by Mrs. Erie M. Funk, of Long Beach, Calif.
Letters of Isaac Jackson, of the 83rd Ohio; loaned by J. O. Jackson, of Detroit.
Letters of Frank 0. Weary, drummer boy in the 29th Ohio Veteran Volunteers; loaned by G. H. Lohr, of Cuyahoga Falls, O.
Memoirs of Elmer J. Barker, of the 5th New York Cavalry; loaned by Dr. E. Eugene Barker, of Albany, N. Y.
Diary of Sgt. John P. Beech, of the 4th New Jersey; loaned by Albert C. Lambert, of Trenton, N. J.
Letters of James Gillette, of the 71st New York State Militia, later of the 4th Maryland Volunteers; loaned by Mrs. Amy G. Bassett, of Huletts Landing, N. Y.
Diary of Henry Mortimer Hempstead, of the 2nd Michigan Cavalry; loaned by Miss Helen Hempstead, of Saginaw, Mich.
Diary of Bowman Garrison, of the 7th Pennsylvania Reserves; loaned by Mrs. Charles Haskell Danforth, of Stanford University, Calif.
Diary of Corp. Loring N. Hayden, of the 24th Massachusetts; loaned by Mrs. Genevieve Hayden Berry, of Wollaston, Mass.
Letters of General William T. Sherman to Emily Hoffman of Baltimore; loaned by Walter Lord, of New York.
Diary of Capt. Lot Abraham, of the 4th Iowa Cavalry; loaned by John D. Adams, of Newark, N. J.
Letters of David Carpenter, Massachusetts agent for the Christian Commission; loaned by Mrs. Olive L. Sawyer, of New York.
Letters of John W. Chase, of the 1st Massachusetts Artillery; loaned by Mrs. Margaret J. Collier, of Arlington, Va.
Letters of Lewis Bissell, of the 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery; loaned by Carl H. Bissell, of Syracuse, N. Y.
Correspondence of