The Man Who Saved the Union (103 page)

“The conference might as well end”
:
Memoirs
, 376.

“I will march in one division”
: to Pemberton, July 3, 1863 (second letter).

CHAPTER 33

“Rawlins could argue”
: Jacob Dolson Cox, “How Judge Hoar Ceased to Be Attorney-General,”
Atlantic Monthly
, Aug. 1895, 164.

“I told them Grant was sick”
: Charles A. Dana,
Recollections of the Civil War
(1899), 83.

“The great solicitude I feel”
: Rawlins to Grant, June 6, 1863, in James Harrison Wilson,
The
Life of John A. Rawlins
(1916), 128-29.

“My God! My God!”
: David Herbert Donald,
Lincoln
(1995), 436.

“If successful this year”
: Stephen W. Sears,
Gettysburg
(2004), 15.

“Our resources in men”
: Lee to Davis, June 10, 1863,
Memoirs of Robert E. Lee
, ed. A. L. Long (1886), 620-21.

“Will it not promote the true interest”
: Hooker to Lincoln, June 10, 1863,
Official Records
, 1:27(1):34.

“I think Lee’s army”
: Lincoln to Hooker, June 10, 1863,
Works of Lincoln
, 6:257.

“If Harrisburg comes within your means”
: Sears,
Gettysburg
, 103.

“I really think the attitude”
: Lincoln to Joel Parker, June 30, 1863,
Works of Lincoln
, 6:311.

“Yesterday morning, at 3 a.m.”
: Meade to Mrs. Meade, June 29, 1863, in
The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade
, ed. George Gordon Meade (1913), 2:11-12.

“to find and fight the enemy”
:
Life and Letters of Meade
, 11.

“The sun of the 2nd of July … anywhere else”
:
The Reminiscences of Carl Schurz
(1908), 3:20-21.

“We heard a confused noise … the hostile wave”
:
Reminiscences of Carl Schurz
, 22-23.

“We had a great fight yesterday”
: Meade to Mrs. Meade, July 3, 1863,
Life and Letters of Meade
, 2:103.

“Great God!…to strike him”
: George E. Pickett,
The Heart of a Soldier: As Revealed in the Intimate Letters of General George E. Pickett, C.S.A.
(1913), 94.

“I found him like a great lion…‘lead my division on’ ”
: Pickett,
The Heart of a Soldier
, 98-99; James Longstreet,
From Manassas to Appomattox
(1896), 392.

“Every eye could see his legions”
:
Haskell of Gettysburg: His Life and Civil War Papers
, ed. Frank L. Byrne and Andrew T. Weaver (1970), 158.

“And so all across … ended and won”
:
Haskell of Gettysburg
, 160-70.

“All this has been my fault”
: “A Piece of Secret History,”
Scribner’s Monthly
(1875-76), 520.

CHAPTER 34

“How long ago is it?”
: Lincoln response to serenade, July 7, 1863,
Works of Lincoln
, 6:319-20.

“If General Meade can complete his work”
: Lincoln to Halleck, July 7, 1863,
Works of Lincoln
, 6:319.

“If I had gone up there”
: Hay diary entry for July 15, 1863, in William Roscoe Thayer,
The Life and Letters of
John Hay
(1915), 1:194.

“I do not believe you appreciate”
: Lincoln to Meade (not sent), July 14, 1863,
Works of Lincoln
, 6:327-28.

“I was deeply mortified”
: Lincoln to Howard, July 21, 1863,
Works of Lincoln
, 6:341.

“The Father of Waters again goes unvexed”
: Lincoln to James Conkling, Aug. 26, 1863,
Works of Lincoln
, 6:409.

“Look at his campaign”
:
Chicago Tribune
, May 29, 1863, in
Recollected Words of Abraham Lincoln
, ed. Don E. Fehrenbacher and Virginia Fehrenbacher (1996), 11.

“I do not remember”
: Lincoln to Grant, July 13, 1863,
Works of Lincoln
, 6:326.

“On every floor”
: David M. Barnes,
The Draft Riots in New York, July 1863
(1863), 83-84, 87.

CHAPTER 35

“Not only the length of the war”
: Halleck to Sherman, Aug. 29, 1863,
Memoirs of Sherman
, 360.

“The inhabitants of the country … end is attained”
: Sherman to Halleck, Sept. 17, 1863,
Memoirs of Sherman
, 360-67.

“The people in the Mississippi Valley”
: to Chase, July 21, 1863.

“It is earnestly recommended”
: General Orders No. 50, Aug. 1, 1863.

“At all military posts”
: General Orders No. 51, Aug. 10, 1863,
Papers of Grant
, 9:135-36n.

“All able-bodied negro men”
: General Orders No. 53, Aug. 23, 1863,
Papers of Grant
, 9:136n.

“I believe it is a resource”
: Lincoln to Grant, Aug. 9, 1863,
Works of Lincoln
, 6:374.

“I have given the subject of arming the negro”
: to Lincoln, Aug. 23, 1863.

“I never was an abolitionist”
: to Washburne, Aug. 30, 1863.

CHAPTER 36

“My going could do no possible good”
: to Washburne, Aug. 30, 1863.

“He considers it indispensible”
: Stanton to Halleck, Oct. 19, 1863,
Papers of Grant
, 9:298n.

“By the middle of October … to dislodge us”
: Charles A. Dana,
Recollections of the Civil War
(1899), 127-30.

“Am still confined to my bed”
: to Halleck, Sept. 19, 1863.

“Hold Chattanooga at all hazards”
: to Thomas, Oct. 19, 1863.

“I arrived here … I cannot tell”
: to Halleck, Oct. 26, 1863.

“We were within easy range”
:
Memoirs
, 413.

“We held him at our mercy”
: Bragg report, Dec. 28, 1863,
Official Records
, 1:30(2):37.

“In a week the troops … I rode off”
:
Memoirs
, 418-21.

“If we can hold Chattanooga”
: Lincoln to Rosecrans, Oct. 4, 1863,
Works of Lincoln
, 6:498.

“There was no relief possible”
:
Memoirs
, 425.

“I do not know how to impress on you”
: to Burnside, Nov. 15, 1863.

“Drop everything east of Bear Creek”
: to Sherman, Oct. 24, 1863.

“As I sat on the porch … because of his looks”
:
Memoirs of Sherman
, 383-84.

“Leave directions for your command”
: to Sherman, Nov. 13, 1863.

“Sherman’s advance has reached Bridgeport”
: to Burnside, Nov. 14, 1863.

“If you retreat now”
: Halleck to Burnside, Nov. 16, 1863,
Official Records
, 1:31(3):163.

“I fear he will not fight”
: Halleck to Grant, Nov. 16, 1863,
Official Records
, 1:31(3):163.

“I am pushing everything”
: to Halleck, Nov. 16, 1863.

“So far you are doing exactly”
: to Burnside, Nov. 17, 1863.

“Grant was always sanguine”
: Adam Badeau,
Military History of Ulysses S. Grant, from April 1861 to April 1865
(1881-85), 1:464-65.

“There was the greatest hopefulness”
: Dana,
Recollections of the Civil War
, 141.

“I think the rebel force”
: to Halleck, Nov. 2, 1863.

“I felt restless beyond anything”
: to John Kelton (for Halleck), Dec. 23, 1863.

“We had a magnificent view”
:
Memoirs of Sherman
, 387.

“Every arrangement is now made”
: to Burnside, Nov. 14, 1863.

“If you can communicate”
: to Willcox, Nov. 20, 1863.

“It will be impossible”
: to Halleck, Nov. 21, 1863.

“Until we opened fire”
: Meigs report, Nov. 26, 1863,
Official Records
, 1:31(2):77.

“It was marvelous … so quietly and so well”
: Dana,
Recollections of the Civil War
, 147.

“Hooker will attack Lookout”
: to Halleck, Nov. 15, 1863.

“A full moon made the battlefield”
: Dana,
Recollections of the Civil War
, 148.

“The fight today progressed favorably”
: to Halleck, Nov. 24, 1863.

“Well done”
: Lincoln to Grant, Nov. 25, 1863,
Works of Lincoln
, 7:30.

“I congratulate you”
: Halleck to Grant, Nov. 25, 1863,
Official Records
, 1:31(2):25.

“At daylight on the 25th”
: Meigs report, Nov. 26, 1863,
Official Records
, 1:31(2):78.

“The whole field was in full view”
:
Memoirs
, 443.

“The enemy kept firing shells at us”
: Dana,
Recollections of the Civil War
, 149.

“The rebel pickets … thunder upon them”
: Meigs report, Nov. 26, 1863,
Official Records
, 1:31(2):79.

“The storming of the ridge … whole corps went up”
: Dana,
Recollections of the Civil War
, 150-51.

“Glory to God!”
: Dana,
Recollections of the Civil War
, 150.

“Although the battle lasted”
: to Halleck, Nov. 25, 1863.

“The next thing now”
: to Sherman, Nov. 25, 1863.

“I made this change”
: to Halleck, Nov. 29, 1863.

“Do not be forced into a surrender”
: to Burnside, Nov. 29, 1863.

“Approaching from the south and west”
: Sherman,
Memoirs
, 393-94.

CHAPTER 37

“The Western Victory”
:
New York Times
, Nov. 28, 1863.

“I wish to tender you”
: Lincoln to Grant, Dec. 8, 1863,
Works of Lincoln
, 7:53.

“most distinguished for courage, skill, and ability”
: H.R. 26, 38th Congress, 1st session, Dec. 14, 1863.

“Look at what this man has done”
:
Congressional Globe
, 38:1:430.

“Your successful military career”
: from Burns, Dec. 7, 1863,
Papers of Grant
, 9:542n.

“The question astonishes me”
: to Burns, Dec. 17, 1863.

“I am not a politician”
: to Morris, Jan. 20, 1864.

“It is on a subject”
: to Blair, Feb. 28, 1864.

“I am glad to say”
: to Mrs. Isaac Quinby, Dec. 13, 1863.

“Bragg was a remarkably intelligent…
superior military genius
”
:
Memoirs
, 449-50.

“You are Southern”
:
Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant
, 106.

“captured property”
:
Memoirs of Sherman
, 373-75.

“Why should I ever”
: Sherman to Ellen Sherman, Oct. 10, 1863,
Home Letters of General Sherman
(1909), 276.

“My Dear Friend”
:
Memoirs
, 373-75.

CHAPTER 38

“I shall direct Sherman”
: to Halleck, Jan. 15, 1864.

“The expedition is one of celerity”
: Special Field Orders No. 11, Jan. 27, 1864,
Official Records
, 1:32(1):182.

“The bill reviving the grade”
: to Sherman, March 4, 1864.

“You are now Washington’s legitimate successor … of the Atlantic”
: Sherman to Grant, March 10, 1864,
Memoirs of Sherman
, 428-29.

“I cannot make a speech”
:
Missouri Democrat
, Jan. 29, 1864, in
Papers of Grant
, 10:71n.

“I shall make a very short speech”
: John G. Nicolay and John Hay,
Abraham Lincoln
(1890), 8:340-41.

“The nation’s appreciation”
: Lincoln speech, March 9, 1864,
Works of Lincoln
, 7:234.

“The general had hurriedly”
: Nicolay and Hay,
Lincoln
, 8:341-42.

“I accept the commission”
: Grant speech, March 9, 1864.

“I listened respectfully”
:
Memoirs
, 474.

“Well, I hardly know”
: William O. Stoddard,
Inside the White House in War Times
(1890), 220-21.

CHAPTER 39

“to move against Johnston’s army”
: to Sherman, April 4, 1864.

“This incident gave me”
:
Memoirs
, 470.

“Grant is not a striking man”
:
The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade
, vol. 2 (1913), 191.

“I do not know that the enemy’s attack”
: to Julia Dent Grant, April 17, 1864.

“Nothing prevents my advancing now”
: Lee to Davis, Aug. 24, 1863,
Official Records
, 1:29(2):665.

“our crying necessity for food”
: Lee to Davis, Jan. 11, 1864,
Official Records
, 1:33:1076.

“I can learn of no supply”
: Lee to Davis, Jan. 2, 1864,
Official Records
, 1:33:1061.

“If it requires all the meat”
: Lee to J. L. Kemper, Jan. 29, 1864,
Official Records
, 1:33:1128.

“Today closes the gloomiest year”
:
Richmond Examiner
, Dec. 31, 1863, in
The Rebellion Record
, ed. Frank Moore (1865), 8:29.

“A cruel enemy seeks to reduce”
: General Orders No. 102, Nov. 26, 1863, James D. McCabe Jr.,
Life and Campaigns of General Robert E. Lee
(1866), 426.