Authors: Doris Kearns Goodwin
“a compact little…head arrangement”: Entry for January 1, 1862, Fanny Seward diary, Seward Papers.
Lincoln cordially greeted every guest: Leech,
Reveille in Washington,
pp. 122–23.
“the bottom…out of the tub”: AL, quoted in Montgomery C. Meigs, “General M. C. Meigs on the Conduct of the Civil War,”
American Historical Review
26 (January 1921), p. 292.
“If the new year…to be expected”: Entry for January 1862, in Gurowski,
Diary from March 4, 1861 to November 12, 1862,
p. 137.
Seward questioned whether…“to Mr. Cameron”: Maunsell B. Field,
Memories of Many Men and of Some Women: Being Personal Recollections of Emperors, Kings, Queens, Princes, Presidents, Statesmen, Authors, and Artists, at Home and Abroad, During the Last Thirty Years
(New York: Harper & Bros., 1874), pp. 266–67.
Lincoln’s initial preferences…Joseph Holt: Flower,
Edwin McMasters Stanton,
p. 116.
West Point graduate Montgomery Blair…“sound judgment”: Gideon Welles, “Narrative of Events,” in “Three Manuscripts of Gideon Welles,” comp. A. Howard Meneely,
American Historical Review
31 (April 1926), p. 491.
Seward would never forget: Wilson, “Jeremiah S. Black and Edwin M. Stanton,”
Atlantic Monthly
(1870), p. 465.
“to be loved…power to express”: EMS to SPC, December 2, 1847, reel 6, Chase Papers.
“He puts his whole…upon the issue”:
Philadelphia Press,
January 20, 1862.
an uncharacteristically brusque letter: Memorandum of conversation between SPC and J. W. Schuckers, January 22, 1871, Papers of Jacob William Schuckers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.
“expressed a desire…minister to Russia”: AL to Simon Cameron, January 11, 1862, reel 8, Papers of Simon Cameron, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress [hereafter Cameron Papers, DLC].
to have wept…“personal degradation”: Recollection of Alexander McClure, in Hendrick,
Lincoln’s War Cabinet,
p. 234.
Chase drove Cameron…“to all concerned”: Entry for January 12, 1862,
Chase Papers,
Vol. I, pp. 325–26.
Lincoln agreed to withdraw his terse letter: A. K. McClure,
Abraham Lincoln and Men of War-Times: Some Personal Recollections of War and Politics During the Lincoln Administration,
4th edn. (Philadelphia: Times Publishing Co., 1892; Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1996), p. 165.
“gratify…could render at home”: AL to Simon Cameron, January 11, 1862, reel 8, Cameron Papers, DLC. For Cameron’s resignation letter, see Simon Cameron to AL, January 11, 1862, Lincoln Papers.
Cameron expressed his fervent opinion: Simon Cameron to Frank A. Flower, March 6, 1887, reel 16, Cameron Papers, DLC.
Lincoln asked George Harding…“of the three”: Charles F. Benjamin, quoted in Thomas and Hyman,
Stanton,
p. 136.
Ellen…“objected to his acceptance”: Wolcott, “Edwin M. Stanton,” p. 153.
diminish the lifestyle of the Stanton family: Thomas and Hyman,
Stanton,
p. 137.
“long by noble deeds”: SPC to EMS, January 9, 1848, reel 6, Chase Papers.
He accepted the post…“swamped at once”: Wolcott, “Edwin M. Stanton,” p. 154.
“Strange”…no one but Seward: Entry for January 13, 1862, in
The Diary of Edward Bates, 1859–1866,
p. 226.
Welles heard…“Lincoln’s confidence”: Welles, “Narrative of Events,”
AHR
(1926), p. 488; Hendrick,
Lincoln’s War Cabinet,
p. 234 (quote).
Welles had never even met Stanton:
Welles diary,
Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 54.
Stanton’s nomination…he would arrange a meeting: Francis Fessenden,
Life and Public Services of William Pitt Fessenden,
Vol. I (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1907), p. 230.
After a lengthy…“the negro question”: William Pitt Fessenden, quoted in ibid., p. 231.
“Not only was…the real cause”: WHS to home, January 15, 1862, in Seward,
Seward at Washington…1861–1872,
p. 46.
the House Committee…rotten food:
NYT,
February 6, 1862.
“resolved to advise…unsound provisions”:
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper,
February 1, 1862.
“highly injurious to the public service”: House resolution of April 30, 1862, quoted in AL, “To the Senate and House of Representatives,” May 26, 1862, in
CW,
V, p. 243.
He wrote a long public letter…“was committed”: AL, “To the Senate and House of Representatives,” May 26, 1862, in ibid., p. 243.
“one of the most intimate…personal friends”: Nicolay and Hay,
Abraham Lincoln,
Vol. V, p. 130.
Most other men…“incur responsibility”: Simon Cameron to AL, June 26, 1862, Lincoln Papers.
“an entirely new
régime
”…removed many of Cameron’s people:
NYT,
January 23, 1862.
The day after…“she never did”: EMS, quoted in
Boston Daily Evening Transcript,
January 7, 1870.
“As his carriage…to their stations”: Charles F. Benjamin, “Recollections of Secretary Edwin M. Stanton,”
Century
33 (March 1887), p. 761.
“fluent without…and large-hearted”: Entry for January 29, 1862,
Diary of George Templeton Strong,
Vol. III, p. 203.
“Persons at a distance…Congress speak it”:
NYT,
January 25, 1862.
Instead of the traditional…an evening ball: Keckley,
Behind the Scenes,
pp. 95–96;
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper,
February 22, 1862.
some five hundred invitations:
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper,
February 22, 1862.
“sought…their invitations”: JGN to TB, February 6, 1862, container 2, Nicolay Papers.
Marine Band…midnight supper: Poore,
Perley’s Reminiscences,
Vol. II, pp. 116, 119.
white satin gown…“in better style”: Keckley,
Behind the Scenes,
p. 101.
“much attached…ever known”: Entry for February 20, 1862, Taft diary.
built a cabin…troops on the shore: Entry for January 11, 1862, Taft diary (quote); Bayne,
Tad Lincoln’s Father,
p. 177.
performances in the attic: Bayne,
Tad Lincoln’s Father,
pp. 102, 106.
the pony…favorite pastime: Keckley,
Behind the Scenes,
p. 98; entries for January 26 and 27, 1862, Taft diary.
weather conditions in January: See January 1862 entries in Taft diary.
“There is a good deal…in the City”: Entry for January 8, 1862, Taft diary.
“a dreadful eruption…expected to live”: EMS to Oella Wright, March 24, 1862, in Wolcott, “Edwin M. Stanton,” p. 155.
“burning fever…ulcerated” throat: FAS to LW, February 2, 1862, reel 119, Seward Papers.
Seward left Washington: WHS to AL, February 6, 1862, Lincoln Papers.
Nettie Chase…contracted scarlet fever: SPC to KCS, January 10, 1862, reel 18, Chase Papers.
Mary thought it best…been sent out: Keckley,
Behind the Scenes,
p. 100.
“the dean…medical community”: Baker,
Mary Todd Lincoln,
p. 209.
“in no immediate…an early recovery”: Keckley,
Behind the Scenes,
p. 100.
The carriages…received their guests: Poore,
Perley’s Reminiscences,
Vol. II, pp. 115–18;
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper,
February 22, 1862.
“exquisite taste…a Grecian knot behind”:
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper,
February 22, 1862.
At midnight…including General McClellan: “Lincoln’s First Levee,”
Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society
11 (October 1918), p. 389; Poore,
Perley’s Reminiscences,
Vol. II, pp. 119–20 (quote).
“The brilliance…the suffering boy”: Keckley,
Behind the Scenes,
p. 102.
“Those who were here…others have not”: JGN to TB, February 6, 1862, container 2, Nicolay Papers.
“frivolity, hilarity…within plain sight”:
Jeffersonian Democrat,
reprinted in
The Liberator,
February 28, 1862.
“a brilliant spectacle”:
Star,
February 6, 1862.
“our fair ‘Republican Queen’…of beauty”:
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper,
February 22, 1862.
General Ulysses S. Grant: On Ulysess S. Grant’s careers prior to the Civil War, see chapters 2–5 of William S. McFeely,
Grant: A Biography
(New York and London: W. W. Norton, 1982).
Grant understood…an important mission: Ibid., pp. 96–97.
“to take and hold Fort Henry”: H. W. Halleck to USG, January 30, 1862,
OR,
Ser. 1, Vol. VII, p. 121.
Grant and Foote…Fort Donelson: McPherson,
Battle Cry of Freedom,
p. 396; Nicolay and Hay,
Abraham Lincoln,
Vol. V, pp. 120–22.
“Fort Henry is ours…on the 8th”: USG to H. W. Halleck, February 6, 1862,
OR,
Ser. 1, Vol. VII, p. 124.
Though a severe rainstorm: Ulysses S. Grant,
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant
(New York: C. L. Webster, 1885; New York: Modern Library, 1999), p. 152.
“plain brother…a presentiment”: USG to Mary Grant, February 9, 1862,
The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant.
Vol. IV:
January 8–March 31, 1862,
ed. John Y. Simon (Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1972), p. 180.
Buckner, proposed a cease-fire…“can be accepted”: USG to Simon B. Buckner, February 16, 1862, enclosure 3 of USG to G. W. Cullum, February 16, 1862, in
OR,
Ser. 1, Vol. VII, p. 161.
Buckner…taken prisoner: USG to General G. W. Cullum, February 16, 1862,
OR,
Ser. 1, Vol. VII, p. 159.
More than a thousand troops: McPherson,
Battle Cry of Freedom,
p. 401.
“a most bloody…brought through”: Captain L. D. Waddell to William Coventry H. Wadell, quoted in
NYT,
February 26, 1862.
Hundred-gun salutes:
NYT,
February 18, 1862.
“quite wild with Excitement”: Entry for February 15, 1862, Taft diary.
“the gallery rose…enthusiastic cheers”:
NYT,
February 18, 1862.
to illuminate the capital’s public buildings…Washington’s birthday:
NYH,
February 21, 1862.
promoting him to major general: Entry for February 17, 1862, in
Lincoln Day by Day,
Vol. III, p. 95.
Lincoln had been following: Sandburg,
Abraham Lincoln: The War Years,
Vol. I, p. 462.
“I have come among you…fellow-citizen”: USG, “Proclamation, to the Citizens of Paducah!” September 6, 1861,
The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant.
Vol. II:
April–September 1861,
ed. John Y. Simon (Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1969), p. 194.
“Grant had taken the field”…items to the front: Isaac N. Arnold,
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
(Chicago: Jansen, McClurg, & Co., 1885), p. 281.
Fort Donelson’s capture…capture of New Orleans: For more on events from the surrender of Fort Donelson to the capture of New Orleans, see McPherson,
Battle Cry of Freedom,
pp. 402–20.
It is believed that both boys…typhoid fever: Baker,
Mary Todd Lincoln,
p. 208: Seale,
The President’s House,
Vol. I, p. 379.
Willie was affected…more severely: MTL to Julia Ann Sprigg, May 29, 1862, in Turner and Turner,
Mary Todd Lincoln,
p. 128; Milton H. Shutes, “Mortality of the Five Lincoln Boys,”
Lincoln Herald 57
(Spring– Summer 1955), p. 4.
“grew weaker…shadow-like”: Keckley,
Behind the Scenes,
p. 98.
symptoms of his illness: “Typhus, Typhoid, and Relapsing Fevers,”
Encyclopaedia Britannica,
Vol. XXIII, ed. Day Otis Kellogg (30 vols., New York and Chicago: The Werner Company, 1898), pp. 678–79.
“almost wore…with watching”: Benjamin B. French to Henry F. French, February 27, 1862, reel 5, Papers of Benjamin B. French Family, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress [hereafter French Family Papers, DLC].
She canceled the customary: Unknown Washington newspaper, quoted in Helm,
The True Story of Mary,
p. 197.
“pretty much all his attention”: JGN to TB, February 11, 1862, container 2, Nicolay Papers.
Willie would call for…“tenderly to bed”: Bayne,
Tad Lincoln’s Father,
pp. 199–200.
celebratory illuminations were canceled: Entry for February 23, 1862, in French,
Witness to the Young Republic,
p. 388; Benjamin B. French to Henry F. French, February 27, 1862, reel 5, French Family Papers, DLC.
“the President…of their affliction”:
Star,
February 18, 1862.
“as if they did…So the doctors say”: Stoddard,
Inside the White House in War Times,
p. 66.