Authors: Doris Kearns Goodwin
“public censure…on Lincoln”: Rawley,
Turning Points of the Civil War,
p. 56.
“The sun rises, but shines not”: Whitman,
Specimen Days
(1971 edn.), p. 12.
“Some had neither…blankets”: Entry for July 22, 1861, in Russell,
My Diary North and South,
p. 467.
“awakened in the…stand the hurting”: Janet Chase Hoyt, “A Woman’s Memories,”
NYTrib,
June 7, 1891.
“The dreadful disaster…could be offered”: EMS to James Buchanan, July 26, 1861, reprinted in “A Page of Political Correspondence. Unpublished Letters of Mr. Stanton to Mr. Buchanan,”
North American Review
129 (November 1879), pp. 482–83.
“an overweening confidence”: Jefferson Davis,
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government,
Vol. I (1881; Richmond, Va.: Garrett & Massie, 1938; New York: Da Capo Press, 1990), p. 330.
General Johnston observed…faraway hospitals: Joseph E. Johnson, quoted in Nicolay,
Outbreak of Rebellion,
p. 211.
“Well we fought…our men”: Nancy Bates to Hester Bates, July 25, 1861, Bates Papers, MoSHi.
“very melancholy”: Entry of July 28, 1861, in Browning,
The Diary of Orville Hickman Browning,
Vol. I, p. 489.
“black despair…to [his] country”: Horace Greeley to AL, July 29, 1861, Lincoln Papers.
He told humorous stories: Browne,
The Every-Day Life of Abraham Lincoln,
pp. 448–49.
“discourage all…I believe he would do it”: William Tecumseh Sherman,
Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman,
(New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1875; New York: Penguin Books, 2000), pp. 175–76.
a “renewed patriotism”:
NYT,
July 23, 1861.
“Let no loyal…greater efforts”:
Chicago Tribune,
July 23, 1861.
Several papers compared:
Chicago Tribune,
July 23, 1861;
NYTrib,
reprinted in
Star,
July 27, 1861.
“The spirit of…facilities for defence”:
NYT,
July 26, 1861.
could “take comfort”:
Philadelphia Inquirer,
July 25, 1861.
CHAPTER 14: “I DO NOT INTEND TO BE SACRIFICED”
“Nothing but a patent…at last”: James Russell Lowell, “General McClellan’s Report (1864),” in
The Writings of James Russell Lowell.
Vol. V:
Political Essays
(Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, 1871; 1890), pp. 94, 99.
when he arrived…Army of the Potomac: Entry for July 27, 1861, in Long,
The Civil War Day by Day,
p. 101.
Among the Union’s…the Mexican War: See chapter 1 of Stephen W. Sears,
George B. McClellan: The Young Napoleon
(New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1988).
defeated a guerrilla band: Sears,
George B. McClellan,
p. 80.
“the man on horseback”: Entry for July 27, 1861, in Russell,
My Diary North and South,
p. 480.
“a more martial look”: Entry for July 1861, in Gurowski,
Diary from March 4, 1861 to November 12, 1862,
p. 76.
drunken soldiers…troops wander the city: Entry for July 27, 1861, in Russell,
My Diary North and South,
p. 479;
Star,
July 31, 1861.
“You have no idea…such yelling”: GBM to MEM, [September 11, 1861], in
The Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan, Selected Correspondence, 1861–1865,
ed. Stephen W. Sears (New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1989), p. 98.
“the great obstacle”: GBM to MEM, August 9, 1861, in ibid., 81.
“entirely insufficient…in our front”: GBM to Winfield Scott, August 8, 1861, in ibid., p. 80.
Scott was furious…opposition forces: Winfield Scott to Simon Cameron, August 9, 1861, Lincoln Papers.
It would not be…miscalculations: Sears,
George B. McClellan,
pp. 103, 109.
discord…continued to escalate: GBM to AL, August 10, 1861, in
Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan,
p. 82; GBM to MEM, September 27, 1861, in ibid., pp. 103–04.
“concentric pressure”: Sears,
George B. McClellan,
p. 98.
“crush…in one campaign”: GBM to MEM, August 2, 1861, in
Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan,
p. 74.
“result…in my hands”: GBM to MEM, August 9, 1861, in ibid., pp. 81–82.
“by some strange…of the land”: GBM to MEM, July 27, 1861, in ibid., p. 70.
“the people call…country is saved”: GBM to MEM, August 9, 1861, in ibid., pp. 81–82.
Scott was “a perfect imbecile…a
traitor”
: GBM to MEM, August 8, 1861, in ibid., p. 81.
“eternal jealousy…distinction”: GBM to MEM, October 6, 1861, in ibid., p. 106.
“The remedy…small of the back”: Winfield Scott to Simon Cameron (copy), October 4, 1861, reel 1, Stanton Papers, DLC.
McClellan’s headquarters: Entry for September 2, 1861, in Russell,
My Diary North and South,
pp. 520–21; Sears,
George B. McClellan,
p. 100.
“smoking…writing”: Entry for September 2, 1861, in Russell,
My Diary North and South,
p. 520.
“I have just been…stories to tell”: GBM to MEM, October 16, 1861, in
Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan,
p. 107.
“together…mortals”: Entry for November 1861, in Gurowski,
Diary from March 4, 1861 to November 12, 1862,
p. 123.
“lying down, very much fatigued”: Brigadier Van Vliet, quoted in entry for October 9, 1861, in Russell,
My Diary North and South,
p. 552.
magnificent reviews of more than fifty thousand troops:
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper,
October 5, 1861; JGN to TB, November 21, 1861, container 2, Nicolay Papers.
“not a mistake…a hitch”: GBM to MEM, November 20, 1861, in
Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan,
p. 137.
“A long time…not mind that”: GBM to MEM, October 6, 1861, in ibid., p. 106.
“a slave-catching order”…their masters: Entry for September 1861, in Gurowski,
Diary from March 4, 1861 to November 12, 1862,
p. 95.
“fighting to preserve…to do with him”: GBM to Samuel L. M. Barlow, November 8, 1861, in
Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan,
p. 128.
“some of the greatest…of Job”: GBM to MEM, October 10, 1861, in ibid., p. 106.
“a meddling…old woman”: GBM to MEM, October 11, 1861, in ibid., pp. 106–07.
“an old fool…altogether fancy him!”: GBM to MEM, October 31, 1861, in ibid., p. 114.
a flattering letter…promotion to major general: SPC to GBM, July 7, 1861, quoted in Schuckers,
The Life and Public Services of Salmon Portland Chase,
p. 427.
engagement at Ball’s Bluff: Entry for October 21, 1861, in Long,
The Civil War Day by Day,
p. 129.
“a slight demonstration…move them”: GMB to Charles P. Stone, October 20, 1861, quoted in note 2 of GBM to Stone, October 21, 1861, in
Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan,
p. 109.
casualties at Ball’s Bluff: “Return of casualties in the Union forces in the engagement at Ball’s Bluff, Virginia, October 21, 1861,”
OR,
Ser. 1, Vol. V, p. 308.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr…. home to recover: SPC to KCS, July 28, 1865, reel 35, Chase Papers.
“the death…a desert”: Noah Brooks, “Recollections of Abraham Lincoln,”
Harper’s New Monthly Magazine
31 (July 1865), p. 228.
“Mr. Lincoln sat”…and kissed him: Benjamin Rush Cowen,
Abraham Lincoln: An Appreciation by One Who Knew Him
(Cincinnati, Ohio: Robert Clarke Co., 1909), pp. 29–30.
Eckert…received word: Bates,
Lincoln in the Telegraph Office,
pp. 95–96.
“with bowed head…into the street”: Charles Carleton Coffin, “Lincoln’s First Nomination and His Visit to Richmond in 1865,” in
Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln,
ed. Rice (1909 edn.), p. 176.
Mary was similarly distraught: Entry for October 22, 1861, in Russell,
My Diary North and South,
p. 558.
Willie and Tad…were heartbroken: Helm,
The True Story of Mary,
p. 191.
“On the Death of Colonel Edward Baker”:
NR,
November 4, 1861.
“to care for him…his orphan”: AL, “Second Inaugural Address,” March 4, 1865, in
CW,
VIII, p. 333.
“disaster…committed”: GBM to Division Commanders, Army of the Potomac, October 24, 1861, in
Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan,
p. 111.
“The whole thing…
directly
to blame”: GBM to MEM, October 25, 1861, in ibid., p. 111.
the president defended McClellan: Entry for October 26, 1861, in Hay,
Inside Lincoln’s White House,
p. 28.
unleashed a diatribe…to remove Scott: GBM to MEM, October 26, 1861, in
Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan,
p. 112; Sears,
George B. McClellan,
p. 123.
“You may have…heads to call me”: GBM to MEM, October 30, 1861, in
Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan,
p. 112.
“long and brilliant…deep emotion”: AL, “Order Retiring Winfield Scott from Command,” November 1, 1861, in
CW,
V, p. 10.
Lincoln designated McClellan: AL to GBM, November 1, 1861, in ibid., pp. 9–10.
“I saw there…his successor”: GBM to MEM, November 3, 1861, in
Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan,
pp. 123–24.
All the members…on his journey:
Star,
November 2, 1861; Charles Winslow Elliott,
Winfield Scott: The Soldier and the Man.
American Military Experience Series (New York: Arno Press, 1979), p. 743.
“quite a number of citizens”:
NYH,
November 4, 1861.
the young Napoleon: Sears,
George B. McClellan,
p. xi.
“I do not intend to be sacrificed”: GBM to MEM, October 31, 1861, in
Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan,
p. 113.
to confront the rebel forces: GBM to Simon Cameron, October 31, 1861, in ibid., pp. 114–19; GBM to MEM, August 16, 1861, in ibid., p. 85.
“to dodge…Presdt etc.”: GBM to MEM, October 31, 1861, in ibid., p. 113.
“the
original
…his high position”: GBM to MEM, November 17, 1861, in ibid., pp. 135–36.
“I wish here to record…personal dignity”: Entry for November 13, 1861, in Hay,
Inside Lincoln’s White House,
p. 32.
He would hold…could be achieved: Henry Ketcham,
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
(New York: A. L. Burt, 1901), p. 291.
“A minute passes…rebellious consciousness”: Stoddard,
Inside the White House in War Times,
p. 63.
His “mouth would relax…sea of laughter”: Grimsley, “Six Months in the White House,”
JISHS,
p. 55.
“daily drive…so much needed”: Ibid.
soirées in the Blue Room: Turner and Turner,
Mary Todd Lincoln,
pp. 96–97, 98; MTL to Hannah Shearer, October 6, 1861, ibid., p. 108; Baker,
Mary Todd Lincoln,
p. 231.
Daniel Sickles…“temporary insanity”: Thomas and Hyman,
Stanton,
pp. 83–85.
Henry Wikoff…“and Thackeray”: John W. Forney,
Anecdotes of Public Men,
Vol. I (New York: Harper & Bros., 1873; New York: Da Capo Press, 1970), pp. 366–71 (quote p. 367).
“My wife…never fallen out”: AL, quoted in Baker,
Mary Todd Lincoln,
p. 196.
When Prince Napoleon…visited: Entry for August 3, 1861, in
Lincoln Day by Day,
Vol. III, p. 58.
“We only have…proper season”: MTL to Hannah Shearer, August 1, 1861, in Turner and Turner,
Mary Todd Lincoln,
p. 96.
“beautiful dinner…predominated”: Grimsley, “Six Months in the White House,”
JISHS,
p. 70.
Mary requested Volume 9: Entry for August 5, 1861, in
Lincoln Day by Day,
Vol. III, p. 59.
William Scott: Court-martial of Private William Scott, Co. K, 3rd Vermont Infantry, case file OO-209, Court-Martial Case Files, 1809–1894, entry 15, Records of the Office of the Judge Advocate General (Army), RG 153, DNA;
NYT,
September 10, 1861.
As the story was told: See L. E. Chittenden,
Recollections of President Lincoln and His Administration
(New York and London: Harper & Bros., 1901), p. 267.
“Think…much as he tried to”: Grimsley, “Six Months in the White House,”
JISHS,
p. 71.
Lincoln walked over…“‘Lady President’”: George B. McClellan,
McClellan’s Own Story
(New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1887), p. 91 (quote); entry for September 8, 1861, in
Lincoln Day by Day,
Vol. III, p. 65.
“that it was asking…‘only one he had’”: Chittenden,
Recollections of President Lincoln
(1901 edn.), p. 273.