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nearly every other…munitions and supplies: Ibid., p. 620.
was in Savannah…“delivered to [him]”: EMS to AL, quoted in
NR,
January 18, 1865.
journeyed to North Carolina…“the
real
Stanton”: Mrs. Rufus Saxton, quoted in Flower,
Edwin McMasters Stanton,
p. 420.
confer with Sherman…
“criminal
dislike”: Sherman,
Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman,
pp. 604–07; Henry W. Halleck to William Sherman, December 30, 1865,
OR,
Ser. 1, Vol. XLIV, p. 836 (quote).
Sherman countered…“our substance”: William T. Sherman to SPC, January 11, 1865, in
The Salmon P. Chase Papers,
Vol. 5:
Correspondence, 1865–1873,
ed. John Niven (Kent, Ohio, and London, England: Kent State University Press, 1998), pp. 6–7.
“Special Field Orders…tillable ground”: Sherman,
Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman,
p. 609; Special Field Orders, No. 15, Headquarters, Military Division of the Mississippi, January 16, 1865,
OR,
Ser. I, Vol. XLVII, Part II, pp. 60–62.
Freedmen’s Bureau…the South: Foner,
Reconstruction,
pp. 68–69.
“A question might…all the evils”: AL, “Response to a Serenade,” February 1, 1865, in
CW,
VIII, p. 254.
previous spring…party lines: “Thirteenth Amendment,” in Neely,
The Abraham Lincoln Encyclopedia,
p. 308.
annual message…bipartisan unity: AL, “Annual Message to Congress,” December 6, 1864, in
CW,
VIII, p. 149.
“I have sent for you…border state vote”: AL, quoted by James S. Rollins, “The King’s Cure-All for All Evils,” in
Conversations with Lincoln,
ed. Segal, pp. 363–64.
assigned two…“procure those votes”: AL, quoted in John B. Alley, in
Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln,
ed. Rice (1886 edn.), pp. 585–86.
powers extended…in New York: “Thirteenth Amendment,” in Neely,
The Abraham Lincoln Encyclopedia,
p. 308.
Elizabeth Blair noted…several members: EBL to SPL, January 31, 1865, in
Wartime Washington,
ed. Laas, p. 469.
Ashley learned…“the more resolute”: AL, quoted in JGN memorandum, January 18, 1865, in Nicolay,
With Lincoln in the White House,
pp. 171, 257 n11.
leader of the…“political associates”: Blaine,
Twenty Years of Congress,
p. 537.
Democrats who considered changing: Harris,
Lincoln’s Last Months,
p. 128.
“We are like whalers…into eternity”: AL, quoted in John G. Nicolay and John Hay,
Abraham Lincoln: A History,
Vol. X (New York: Century Co., 1890), p. 74.
Rumors circulated…“have failed”: AL and James M. Ashley correspondence, quoted in James M. Ashley to WHH, November 23, 1866, in
HI,
pp. 413–14.
“never before…within hearing”:
Address of Hon. J. M. Ashley, before the Ohio Society of New York,
February 19, 1899 (privately published), p. 21.
Chief Justice Chase…foreign ministries: Brooks,
Washington, D.C., in Lincoln’s Time,
pp. 185–86;
Address of Hon. J. M. Ashley,
p. 21.
McAllister…“Southern Confederacy”: Brooks,
Washington, D.C., in Lincoln’s Time,
p. 186.
brought forth applause…“without a murmur”: Alexander Coffroth, quoted in Carl Sandburg,
Abraham Lincoln: The War Years,
Vol. IV (New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1939), p. 10.
“Hundreds of tally”…votes short:
Address of Hon. J. M. Ashley,
pp. 23–24.
Colfax stood…“Resolution has passed”: Brooks,
Washington, D.C., in Lincoln’s Time,
pp. 186–87.
five Democrats…would have lost: Harris,
Lincoln’s Last Months,
p. 132.
“For a moment…ever heard before”: Brooks,
Washington, D.C., in Lincoln’s Time,
p. 187.
“Before the members…had passed”: Arnold,
The Life of Abraham Lincoln,
p. 365.
Ashley brought…“great honor”: EMS, quoted in Flower,
Edwin McMasters Stanton,
p. 190.
“The passage…emancipation proclamation”: Arnold,
The Life of Abraham Lincoln,
pp. 365–66.
“The occasion was…They will do it”: AL, “Response to a Serenade,” February 1, 1865, in
CW,
VIII, p. 254.
legislatures in twenty…had spoken: “Thirteenth Amendment,” in Neely,
The Abraham Lincoln Encyclopedia,
p. 308.
“And to whom…to Abraham Lincoln!”: William Lloyd Garrison, quoted in Nicolay and Hay,
Abraham Lincoln,
Vol. X, p. 79n.
remained unconvinced…a pass: AL, pass for FPB, December 28, 1864, Lincoln Papers.
proceeding on…“without reserve”: FPB to Jefferson Davis, December 30, 1864, Lincoln Papers.
arrived in Richmond…“around him”:
NR,
January 19, 1865.
“Oh you Rascal…to see you”: EBL to SPL, January 16, 1865, in
Wartime Washington,
ed. Laas, p. 463.
“might be the dreams…in his prayers”: FPB, memorandum of conversation with Jefferson Davis [January 12, 1865], Lincoln Papers.
his proposal…allied against the French: FPB, address made to Jefferson Davis [January 12, 1865], Lincoln Papers.
Davis agreed…“a Foreign Power”: FPB, memorandum of conversation with Jefferson Davis [January 12, 1865], Lincoln Papers.
Davis agreed to send…“two Countries”: Jefferson Davis to FPB, January 12, 1865, Lincoln Papers.
Lincoln consulted…immediately agreed: EMS, quoted in Flower,
Edwin McMasters Stanton,
p. 257.
“You may say…one common country”: AL to FPB, January 18, 1865, in
CW,
VIII, pp. 220–21.
Davis called a cabinet…Campbell: Davis,
Jefferson Davis,
p. 590.
flag of truce…the commissioners:
Philadelphia Inquirer,
February 3, 1865.
“By common consent…a gala day”:
NYH,
February 4, 1865.
“harbingers of peace…common sentiment”:
NR,
February 3, 1865.
“It was night…throughout the country”: Stephens,
A Constitutional View of the Late War,
pp. 597–98.
Seward headed south…“sincere liberality”: AL to WHS, January 31, 1865, in
CW,
VIII, p. 250.
“convinced”…meet with them personally: USG to EMS, February 1, 1865, Lincoln Papers.
“Induced by a despatch of Gen. Grant”: AL to WHS, February 2, 1865, in
CW,
VIII, p. 256.
“Say to the gentlemen…can get there”: AL to USG, February 2, 1865, in ibid.
a single valet…Annapolis:
NYH,
February 3, 1865.
“supposed to be”…little past ten:
NYH,
February 5, 1865.
Lincoln joined Seward…
River Queen: NYT,
February 6, 1865.
saloon of…“streamers and flags”: Stephens,
A Constitutional View of the Late War,
p. 599;
NYT,
February 6, 1865 (quote).
Stephens opened…“Sections of the country?”: Stephens,
A Constitutional View of the Late War,
p. 599.
“was altogether…was written or read”: Seward,
Seward at Washington…1861–1872,
p. 260.
“steward, who came”…agreement on any issue: Stephens,
A Constitutional View of the Late War,
pp. 619, 600–01, 612, 613, 609, 617.
radicals had worked…excoriated him: Brooks,
Washington, D.C., in Lincoln’s Time,
p. 202.
“the leading members…will dishonor us”:
NYT,
February 3, 1865.
Both branches…on the proceedings: Brooks,
Washington, D.C., in Lincoln’s Time,
pp. 203–04.
Stanton worried…“serve their purpose”: Bates,
Lincoln in the Telegraph Office,
p. 338.
Lincoln’s report…“given to Seward”: Brooks,
Lincoln Observed,
pp. 162–63.
“as the reading…President Lincoln”: Brooks,
Washington, D.C., in Lincoln’s Time,
pp. 207, 208.
“Indeed…than Abraham Lincoln”:
Harper’s Weekly,
February 25, 1865.
employed the failed…slavery intact:
Richmond Dispatch,
February 7, 1865, quoted in Nicolay and Hay,
Abraham Lincoln,
Vol. X, p. 130.
“I can have…element of my nature!”: Jefferson Davis, quoted in
NR,
February 13, 1865.
drafted a proposal…“executive control”: AL, “To the Senate and House of Representatives,” February 5, 1865, in
CW,
VIII, pp. 260–61.
unanimous disapproval…“adverse feeling”: Entry for February 6, 1865,
Welles diary,
Vol. II, p. 237.
Usher believed…“assault on the President”: J. P. Usher, quoted in Nicolay,
An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln,
p. 66.
Stanton had long maintained…“compensation for slaves”: Flower,
Edwin McMasters Stanton,
p. 258.
Fessenden declared…“come from us”: William Pitt Fessenden, quoted in Francis Fessenden,
Life and Public Services of William Pitt Fessenden,
Vol. II (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1907), p. 8.
sum he proposed…“approved the measure”: J. P. Usher, quoted in Nicolay,
An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln,
p. 66.
Sherman had headed north…on February 17: Entry for February 17, 1865, in Long,
The Civil War Day by Day,
pp. 639–40.
Stanton ordered…“parts of the city”:
NR,
February 22, 1865.
“cheerful…brightest day in four years”: Entry for February 22, 1865,
Welles Diary,
Vol. II, p. 245.
“more depressed”…in the four years: Entry for February 23, 1865, in
The Diary of Orville Hickman Browning,
Vol. II, 1865–1881, ed. Theodore Calvin Pease and James G. Randall;
Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library,
Vol. XXII (Springfield: Illinois State Historical Library, 1933), p. 8.
low spirits…“brigand, and pirate”: Jonathan Truman Dorris,
Pardon and Amnesty Under Lincoln and Johnson: The Restoration of the Confederates to Their Rights and Privileges, 1861–1898
(Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1953), pp. 76–78 (quote p. 77).
“I had to stand…out of my mind yet”: Henry P. H. Bromwell, quoted in
Recollected Words of Abraham Lincoln,
ed. Don E. Fehrenbacher and Virginia Fehrenbacher (Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1996), p. 41.
he would “not receive…seven o’clock p.m.”:
NR,
March 2, 1865.
“The hopeful condition”…the capital:
NR,
March 1, 1865.
so overcrowded…“found for them”:
NR,
March 3, 1865.
Douglass decided…“of other citizens”: Douglass,
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass,
p. 803.
visited Chase’s…“a strange thing”: Ibid., pp. 799–800.
steady rain…foreign ministries: Brooks,
Washington, D.C., in Lincoln’s Time,
pp. 210–11; Brooks,
Mr. Lincoln’s Washington,
pp. 418, 420 (quote).
“One ambassador…feet on the floor”: Brooks,
Mr. Lincoln’s Washington,
p. 421.
Johnson rose…“extraordinarily red”: Brooks,
Washington, D.C., in Lincoln’s Time,
p. 211.
“in a state of manifest…a petrified man”: Brooks,
Mr. Lincoln’s Washington,
pp. 422, 423.
“All this is…drunk or crazy”: Entry for March 4, 1865,
Welles diary,
Vol. II, p. 252.
Dennison…“serene as summer”: Brooks,
Mr. Lincoln’s Washington,
pp. 423–24.
“emotion on…revisiting the Senate”: Entry for March 4, 1865,
Welles diary,
Vol. II, p. 252.
Lincoln listened…harangue to end: Brooks,
Mr. Lincoln’s Washington,
p. 423.
his eyes shut: Marquis de Chambrun [Charles Adolphe Pineton], “Personal Recollections of Mr. Lincoln,”
Scribner’s
13 (January 1893), p. 26.
“You need not…a drunkard”: AL, as quoted by Hugh McCullough in
Recollected Words of Abraham Lincoln,
p. 320.
audience proceeded…“glory and light”: Brooks,
Mr. Lincoln’s Washington,
pp. 424, 425 (quote).
an auspicious omen…Freedom: Brooks,
Washington, D.C., in Lincoln’s Time,
pp. 213, 20–21.
“Both read the same…this terrible war”: AL, “Second Inaugural Address,” March 4, 1865, in
CW,
VIII, p. 333. For a thorough discussion of Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, see Ronald C. White,
Lincoln’s Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002).
“the eloquence of the prophets”: Chambrun, “Personal Recollections of Mr. Lincoln,”
Scribner’s,
p. 27.