Genius of Place (67 page)
Authors: Justin Martin
180
“Without concert of effort”:
Maxwell,
Lincoln's Fifth Wheel
, 1.
“Without concert of effort”:
Maxwell,
Lincoln's Fifth Wheel
, 1.
181
Bellows assembled a board:
Ibid., 8â9.
Bellows assembled a board:
Ibid., 8â9.
182
“I approve the above”:
Ibid., 8.
“I approve the above”:
Ibid., 8.
182
“good big work”:
FLO to Bertha Olmsted, January 28, 1862.
“good big work”:
FLO to Bertha Olmsted, January 28, 1862.
183
“Bloody 11th Camp C”:
FLO to MPO, June 28, 1861.
“Bloody 11th Camp C”:
FLO to MPO, June 28, 1861.
184
On his first night:
Ibid.
On his first night:
Ibid.
184
Olmsted visited another nineteen camps:
Stillé,
History of the United States Sanitary Commission
, 85.
Olmsted visited another nineteen camps:
Stillé,
History of the United States Sanitary Commission
, 85.
185
“It is now hardly possible”:
Ibid., 86.
“It is now hardly possible”:
Ibid., 86.
185
constantly battling the flies:
FLO to MPO, July 2, 1861.
constantly battling the flies:
FLO to MPO, July 2, 1861.
186
“cheap & nasty French”:
Ibid.
“cheap & nasty French”:
Ibid.
186
“Lincoln has no element”:
FLO to JO, August 3, 1861.
“Lincoln has no element”:
FLO to JO, August 3, 1861.
186
“The official machinery”:
FLO to MPO, July 2, 1861.
“The official machinery”:
FLO to MPO, July 2, 1861.
186
“Give me some good news”:
Ibid.
“Give me some good news”:
Ibid.
187
“A large portion”:
FLO to William Cullen Bryant, July 31, 1861, reprinted in
The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted
, vol. 4,
Defending the Union
(Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 1986), 133.
“A large portion”:
FLO to William Cullen Bryant, July 31, 1861, reprinted in
The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted
, vol. 4,
Defending the Union
(Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 1986), 133.
187
“They, too, were dirty”:
FLO, “Report on the Demoralization of the Volunteers,” September 5, 1861, reprinted in ibid., 165.
“They, too, were dirty”:
FLO, “Report on the Demoralization of the Volunteers,” September 5, 1861, reprinted in ibid., 165.
189
The first draft . . . hasn't survived:
Ibid., 15.
The first draft . . . hasn't survived:
Ibid., 15.
189
“imbecility of the government”:
FLO to MPO, September 7, 1861.
“imbecility of the government”:
FLO to MPO, September 7, 1861.
189
“Did the government really”:
FLO, “Report on the Demoralization of the Volunteers,” September 5, 1861, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:172.
“Did the government really”:
FLO, “Report on the Demoralization of the Volunteers,” September 5, 1861, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:172.
190
“So it will become”:
FLO to JO, September 12, 1861.
“So it will become”:
FLO to JO, September 12, 1861.
190
twenty-six surgeons and eighty assistants:
Stillé,
History of the United States Sanitary Commission
, 116.
twenty-six surgeons and eighty assistants:
Stillé,
History of the United States Sanitary Commission
, 116.
190
5,000 vaccines:
Maxwell,
Lincoln's Fifth Wheel
, 110.
5,000 vaccines:
Maxwell,
Lincoln's Fifth Wheel
, 110.
190
“a self-satisfied, supercilious”:
FLO to John Murray Forbes, December 15, 1861, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:240.
“a self-satisfied, supercilious”:
FLO to John Murray Forbes, December 15, 1861, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:240.
191
McClellan's private quarters in Washington:
Details of meeting with General McClellan drawn largely from FLO to JO, September 12, 1861.
McClellan's private quarters in Washington:
Details of meeting with General McClellan drawn largely from FLO to JO, September 12, 1861.
191
“His mind is patient”:
Henry Bellows to James McKim, August 8, 1864.
“His mind is patient”:
Henry Bellows to James McKim, August 8, 1864.
191
“a severe judge”:
Bellows to Eliza Nevins Bellows, February 25, 1863.
“a severe judge”:
Bellows to Eliza Nevins Bellows, February 25, 1863.
191
“run the machine”:
George Templeton Strong,
Diary of the Civil War, 1860â1865
(New York: Macmillan, 1962), 188.
“run the machine”:
George Templeton Strong,
Diary of the Civil War, 1860â1865
(New York: Macmillan, 1962), 188.
192
“Dear Charley”:
FLO to JCO, October 17, 1861.
“Dear Charley”:
FLO to JCO, October 17, 1861.
192
It wasn't until six months:
FLO to Bellows, December 20, 1861, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:242.
It wasn't until six months:
FLO to Bellows, December 20, 1861, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:242.
192
“I have discovered”:
Ibid.
“I have discovered”:
Ibid.
192
It was October 28, 1861:
Genealogy, FLO Papers, Library of Congress.
It was October 28, 1861:
Genealogy, FLO Papers, Library of Congress.
192
“We have a girl”:
FLO to Brace, November 8, 1861.
“We have a girl”:
FLO to Brace, November 8, 1861.
194
“I have, I suppose”:
FLO to Bellows, June 1, 1861, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:118.
“I have, I suppose”:
FLO to Bellows, June 1, 1861, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:118.
194
“I shall go to Port Royal”:
FLO to JO, February 24, 1862.
“I shall go to Port Royal”:
FLO to JO, February 24, 1862.
195
“thoughts about the management”:
FLO to Abraham Lincoln, March 8, 1862.
“thoughts about the management”:
FLO to Abraham Lincoln, March 8, 1862.
195
“A hostile force”:
FLO letter,
New York Times
, November 29, 1861, signed “Yeoman.”
“A hostile force”:
FLO letter,
New York Times
, November 29, 1861, signed “Yeoman.”
195
didn't change a single word:
FLO to JO, February 19, 1862.
didn't change a single word:
FLO to JO, February 19, 1862.
195
circulated similar petitions:
Laura Wood Roper, “Frederick Law Olmsted and the Port Royal Experiment,”
Journal of Southern History
(August 1965).
circulated similar petitions:
Laura Wood Roper, “Frederick Law Olmsted and the Port Royal Experiment,”
Journal of Southern History
(August 1965).
195
“keep up a steady”:
FLO to Bellows, February 15, 1862, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:273.
Chapter 16: In the Republic of Suffering“keep up a steady”:
FLO to Bellows, February 15, 1862, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:273.
196
“As for the Sanitary Commission”:
FLO to JO, April 19, 1862.
“As for the Sanitary Commission”:
FLO to JO, April 19, 1862.
198
Union soldiers desperately ill:
Charles Stillé,
History of the United States Sanitary Commission
(Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1866), 154.
Union soldiers desperately ill:
Charles Stillé,
History of the United States Sanitary Commission
(Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1866), 154.
199
“a death-place for scores”:
Hospital Transports: A Memoir of the Embarkation of the Sick and Wounded from the Peninsula of Virginia in the Summer of 1862
(Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863), 24.
“a death-place for scores”:
Hospital Transports: A Memoir of the Embarkation of the Sick and Wounded from the Peninsula of Virginia in the Summer of 1862
(Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863), 24.
199
viewed as a stimulant:
Interview, JM with Terry Reimer, director of research, National Museum of Civil War Medicine, May 7, 2009.
viewed as a stimulant:
Interview, JM with Terry Reimer, director of research, National Museum of Civil War Medicine, May 7, 2009.
199
oldfangled name for hydrochloric acid:
E-mail on June 16, 2009, from Michael Flannery, medical historian, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
oldfangled name for hydrochloric acid:
E-mail on June 16, 2009, from Michael Flannery, medical historian, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
200
“Poor, pale, emaciated, shivering”:
Hospital Transports
, 33.
“Poor, pale, emaciated, shivering”:
Hospital Transports
, 33.
200
“sea fashion”:
Ibid., 18.
“sea fashion”:
Ibid., 18.
201
rubbing a little powdered opium:
George Adams, “Fighting for Time,” in
The Image of War, 1861â1865
, vol. 4 (Washington, DC: National Historical Society, 1957).
rubbing a little powdered opium:
George Adams, “Fighting for Time,” in
The Image of War, 1861â1865
, vol. 4 (Washington, DC: National Historical Society, 1957).
201
“catching for mother”:
FLO to Henry Bellows, June 3, 1862, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:357.
“catching for mother”:
FLO to Henry Bellows, June 3, 1862, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:357.
201
“Give him back”:
Katharine Prescott Wormeley,
The Other Side of War: On the Hospital Transports with the Army of the Potomac
(Gansevoort, NY: Corner House Historical Publications, 1998), 121.
“Give him back”:
Katharine Prescott Wormeley,
The Other Side of War: On the Hospital Transports with the Army of the Potomac
(Gansevoort, NY: Corner House Historical Publications, 1998), 121.
201
Some of the women:
See also “The Letters of Harriet Douglas Wetten,” published in
Wisconsin Magazine of History
(Winter 1964â1965): 131â151.
Some of the women:
See also “The Letters of Harriet Douglas Wetten,” published in
Wisconsin Magazine of History
(Winter 1964â1965): 131â151.
202
“He is small”:
Wormeley,
Other Side of War
, 62â63.
“He is small”:
Wormeley,
Other Side of War
, 62â63.
202
One Sunday in late May:
Hospital Transports
, 85â88.
One Sunday in late May:
Hospital Transports
, 85â88.
203
“Will you please engage”:
FLO to Bellows, June 13, 1862, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:371.
“Will you please engage”:
FLO to Bellows, June 13, 1862, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:371.
203
“I need not say”:
FLO to MPO, June 11, 1862.
“I need not say”:
FLO to MPO, June 11, 1862.
204
“without beds, without straw”:
FLO to Bellows, June 3, 1862, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:357.
“without beds, without straw”:
FLO to Bellows, June 3, 1862, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:357.
204
“not only more whimpering”:
Hospital Transports
, 120.
“not only more whimpering”:
Hospital Transports
, 120.
204
“In this republic of suffering”:
Ibid., 115.
“In this republic of suffering”:
Ibid., 115.
205
“the best army the world”:
FLO to Abraham Lincoln, July 6, 1862, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:393.
“the best army the world”:
FLO to Abraham Lincoln, July 6, 1862, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:393.
206
“The summer's work has”:
FLO to Bellows, July 13, 1862, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:404.
“The summer's work has”:
FLO to Bellows, July 13, 1862, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:404.
206
“the most important contribution”:
Letters of Charles Eliot Norton
, vol. 1 (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1913), 211.
“the most important contribution”:
Letters of Charles Eliot Norton
, vol. 1 (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1913), 211.
206
Charles Dickens:
FLO,
The Cotton Kingdom
(New York: Da Capo Press, 1996), xxvi.
Charles Dickens:
FLO,
The Cotton Kingdom
(New York: Da Capo Press, 1996), xxvi.
207
Karl Marx:
Karl Marx,
Capital
, vol. 1, pt. 3, chap. 8, n. 17.
Karl Marx:
Karl Marx,
Capital
, vol. 1, pt. 3, chap. 8, n. 17.
207
Charles Darwin:
Speech by William Erasmus Darwin, Charles's son, delivered at Cambridge in 1909.
Charles Darwin:
Speech by William Erasmus Darwin, Charles's son, delivered at Cambridge in 1909.
207
606,000 words:
FLO,
The Cotton Kingdom
, xxxi.
606,000 words:
FLO,
The Cotton Kingdom
, xxxi.
207
$1,400, adjusted for inflation:
Ibid., 13.
$1,400, adjusted for inflation:
Ibid., 13.
207
his “impression” had hardened:
Ibid., 8.
his “impression” had hardened:
Ibid., 8.
207
“It is said that”:
Ibid., 3.
“It is said that”:
Ibid., 3.
208
Great Britain was surprisingly ambivalent:
Characterization based on e-mail to JM dated June 17, 2009, from Sir Brian Harrison, history professor emeritus at Oxford University, and interview on July 2, 2009, JM with Charles Hubbard, professor of history at Lincoln Memorial University.
Great Britain was surprisingly ambivalent:
Characterization based on e-mail to JM dated June 17, 2009, from Sir Brian Harrison, history professor emeritus at Oxford University, and interview on July 2, 2009, JM with Charles Hubbard, professor of history at Lincoln Memorial University.
208
“What would happen”:
Congressional Globe
, 35th Cong., 1st sess., 961.
“What would happen”:
Congressional Globe
, 35th Cong., 1st sess., 961.
208
“About America I think”:
Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, December 26, 1863, Darwin Correspondence Project, accessed online.
“About America I think”:
Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, December 26, 1863, Darwin Correspondence Project, accessed online.
209
“calm and dispassionate Mr. Olmsted”:
Fraser's
, February 1862.
“calm and dispassionate Mr. Olmsted”:
Fraser's
, February 1862.
209
Mercury was used:
Discussion of mercury drawn largely from interview, JM with Terry Reimer, director of research, National Museum of Civil War Medicine, May 7, 2009.
Mercury was used:
Discussion of mercury drawn largely from interview, JM with Terry Reimer, director of research, National Museum of Civil War Medicine, May 7, 2009.
209
“I itched furiously”:
FLO to MPO, August 30, 1862.
“I itched furiously”:
FLO to MPO, August 30, 1862.
210
“He has said, of course”:
FLO to MPO, September 15, 1862.
Chapter 17: Antietam to Gettysburg“He has said, of course”:
FLO to MPO, September 15, 1862.
211
this odor would be remembered:
Battle of Antietam: Carnage in a Cornfield
, HistoryNet. com.
this odor would be remembered:
Battle of Antietam: Carnage in a Cornfield
, HistoryNet. com.
212
red-and-white USSC flag:
William Maxwell,
Lincoln's Fifth Wheel: The Political History of the U.S. Sanitary Commission
(New York: Longmans, Green, 1956), 273.
red-and-white USSC flag:
William Maxwell,
Lincoln's Fifth Wheel: The Political History of the U.S. Sanitary Commission
(New York: Longmans, Green, 1956), 273.
212
“Most of our ladies”:
Henry Bellows to Mrs. R. Swain, November 13, 1862.
“Most of our ladies”:
Henry Bellows to Mrs. R. Swain, November 13, 1862.
212
“I have addressed large”:
Horace Howard Furnace to FLO, June 8, 1863.
“I have addressed large”:
Horace Howard Furnace to FLO, June 8, 1863.
213
at Antietam a full day:
FLO to MPO, September 21, 1862.
at Antietam a full day:
FLO to MPO, September 21, 1862.
213
According to its records:
Charles Stillé,
History of the United States Sanitary Commission
(Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1866), 267.
According to its records:
Charles Stillé,
History of the United States Sanitary Commission
(Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1866), 267.
213
“It was very squalid”:
FLO to MPO, September 29, 1862.
“It was very squalid”:
FLO to MPO, September 29, 1862.
214
“The Proclamation of Emancipation”:
New York Times
, September 28, 1862.
“The Proclamation of Emancipation”:
New York Times
, September 28, 1862.
214
“I shall stand by it”:
FLO to Charles Stillé, February 23, 1863.
“I shall stand by it”:
FLO to Charles Stillé, February 23, 1863.
214
“Each would then become”:
FLO to John Nicolay, October 10, 1862.
“Each would then become”:
FLO to John Nicolay, October 10, 1862.
214
“You are too near the machinery”:
George Curtis to FLO, September 29, 1862, letter reprinted in Laura Wood Roper,
FLO: A Biography of Frederick Law Olmsted
(Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1973), 212.
“You are too near the machinery”:
George Curtis to FLO, September 29, 1862, letter reprinted in Laura Wood Roper,
FLO: A Biography of Frederick Law Olmsted
(Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1973), 212.
214
“Kiss all the young ones”:
FLO to MPO, September 29, 1862.
“Kiss all the young ones”:
FLO to MPO, September 29, 1862.
215
“Thank you for encouraging”:
FLO to MPO, October 11, 1862.
“Thank you for encouraging”:
FLO to MPO, October 11, 1862.
215
“We will be as frugal”:
Ibid.
“We will be as frugal”:
Ibid.
215
“It is a day for heroes”:
Ibid.
“It is a day for heroes”:
Ibid.
216
“You understand . . . the glorious”:
Bellows to John Heywood, March 10, 1863.
“You understand . . . the glorious”:
Bellows to John Heywood, March 10, 1863.
217
“a friendly feeling amongst”:
FLO to Bellows, February 4, 1863, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:512.
“a friendly feeling amongst”:
FLO to Bellows, February 4, 1863, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:512.
218
“peculiar zest”:
FLO to JO, April 1, 1863.
“peculiar zest”:
FLO to JO, April 1, 1863.
218
“I am not always”:
Ibid.
“I am not always”:
Ibid.
219
Carl
is a play on
carl:
Papers
, 4:529.
Carl
is a play on
carl:
Papers
, 4:529.
219
“What else is necessary”:
FLO's diary, “A Journey in the West,” reprinted in
Papers
, 4:527.
“What else is necessary”:
FLO's diary, “A Journey in the West,” reprinted in
Papers
, 4:527.
219
“It seems useless to describe Chicago”:
Ibid., 591.
“It seems useless to describe Chicago”:
Ibid., 591.
220
briefly occupied Frederick:
Stillé,
History of the United States Sanitary Commission
, 376â377.
briefly occupied Frederick:
Stillé,
History of the United States Sanitary Commission
, 376â377.
220
steady stream of wagons:
New York Times
, July 16, 1863.
steady stream of wagons:
New York Times
, July 16, 1863.
220
a pair of supply wagons:
New York Times
, July 31, 1863.
a pair of supply wagons:
New York Times
, July 31, 1863.
220
“Thank God!”:
Ibid.
“Thank God!”:
Ibid.
221
“Private advices tend”:
George Templeton Strong,
Diary of the Civil War, 1860â1865
(New York: Macmillan, 1962), 329.
“Private advices tend”:
George Templeton Strong,
Diary of the Civil War, 1860â1865
(New York: Macmillan, 1962), 329.
221
“Olmsted is wary, shrewd”:
Ibid.
“Olmsted is wary, shrewd”:
Ibid.
221
During the week:
Tally of relief items provided at Gettysburg drawn from
New York Times
, July 31, 1863.
During the week:
Tally of relief items provided at Gettysburg drawn from
New York Times
, July 31, 1863.
222
“evidence of terrible fighting”:
FLO to Edwin Godkin, July 19, 1863, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:658.
“evidence of terrible fighting”:
FLO to Edwin Godkin, July 19, 1863, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:658.
222
Particularly touching, to Olmsted:
Ibid.
Chapter 18: “The Country Cannot Spare You”Particularly touching, to Olmsted:
Ibid.
223
“beastly drunkenness”:
Cornelius Agnew to FLO, April 24, 1863.
“beastly drunkenness”:
Cornelius Agnew to FLO, April 24, 1863.
224
“I chafe and fume”:
FLO to Henry Bellows, July 28, 1863, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:681.
“I chafe and fume”:
FLO to Henry Bellows, July 28, 1863, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:681.
224
“He is an extraordinary fellow”:
George Templeton Strong,
Diary of the Civil War, 1860â1865
(New York: Macmillan, 1962), 304â305.
“He is an extraordinary fellow”:
George Templeton Strong,
Diary of the Civil War, 1860â1865
(New York: Macmillan, 1962), 304â305.
224
“Olmsted is in an unhappy”:
Ibid., 183.
“Olmsted is in an unhappy”:
Ibid., 183.
225
principles of management
:
FLO to JO, April 25, 1863.
principles of management
:
FLO to JO, April 25, 1863.
225
“However wanting in sagacity”:
FLO to JO, May 2, 1863.
“However wanting in sagacity”:
FLO to JO, May 2, 1863.
225
Comment
,
Reviser
,
Scrutiny
:
List of potential names drawn from FLO to Edwin Godkin, July 19, 1863, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:658, and FLO to MPO, July 2, 1863.
Comment
,
Reviser
,
Scrutiny
:
List of potential names drawn from FLO to Edwin Godkin, July 19, 1863, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:658, and FLO to MPO, July 2, 1863.
226
“I don't believe it will succeed”:
Charles Dana quoted in FLO to Edwin Godkin, August 7, 1863.
“I don't believe it will succeed”:
Charles Dana quoted in FLO to Edwin Godkin, August 7, 1863.
226
“You are less rooted”:
Dana to FLO, August 7, 1863.
“You are less rooted”:
Dana to FLO, August 7, 1863.
227
“absolute poverty”:
FLO to Bellows, August 15, 1863, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:692.
“absolute poverty”:
FLO to Bellows, August 15, 1863, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:692.
227
“
The country can not spare you
”:
Bellows to FLO, August 13, 1863, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:702.
“
The country can not spare you
”:
Bellows to FLO, August 13, 1863, reprinted in
Papers
, 4:702.
227
estimated $15 million:
Charles Stillé,
History of the United States Sanitary Commission
(Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1866), 173.
estimated $15 million:
Charles Stillé,
History of the United States Sanitary Commission
(Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1866), 173.
228
1,482 camp inspections:
William Maxwell,
Lincoln's Fifth Wheel: The Political History of the U.S. Sanitary Commission
(New York: Longmans, Green, 1956), 310.
1,482 camp inspections:
William Maxwell,
Lincoln's Fifth Wheel: The Political History of the U.S. Sanitary Commission
(New York: Longmans, Green, 1956), 310.
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