The Man Who Saved the Union (100 page)

“The irrepressible conflict … at the South”
: Oates,
To Purge This Land with Blood
, 354-55.

“preposterous”
: Oswald Garrison Villard,
John Brown
(1910), 568.

“fervid Union man … and northern outrage”
: James M. McPherson,
This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War
(2007), 36; Joseph Carlyle Sitterson,
The Secession Movement in North Carolina
(1939), 152.

“I arrived here”
: to Julia Dent Grant, March 14, 1860.

“emancipated the one slave he personally owned”
: Manumission of Slave, undated (March 29, 1859).

“Papa was not willing”
:
Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant
, 82-83.

“In my new employment”
: to unrecorded addressee, undated (Dec. 1860).

“He was a bit shorter than Orvil”
: Mary Grant (Mrs. Orvil Grant) interview,
Troy Intelligencer
, April 17, 1892,
granthomepage.com
.

“I told the Captain … his father to arise”
:
Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant
, 84-86.

CHAPTER 13

“I would as soon try the faro table”
:
Home Letters of General Sherman
(1909), 151-53.

“Avoid the subject … and the Northwest”
:
The Sherman Letters
(1894), 55; John E. Marszalek,
Sherman
(1994), 109; Lloyd Lewis,
Sherman
(1932), 119;
Home Letters
, 163.

“Colonel Sherman … not possibly be cultivated”
:
Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman
(1990 ed.), 167-68.

“When Lincoln rose to speak … since St. Paul”
: Noah Brooks,
Abraham Lincoln
(1901), 123-24.

“Since leaving St. Louis”
: to Mr. Davis, Aug. 7, 1860.

“My pledges would have compelled me”
:
Memoirs
, 144-45.

“Should a Black Republican President”
: Steven A. Channing,
Crisis of Fear: Secession in South Carolina
(1974), 161, 280-82.

“The union now subsisting”
: South Carolina ordinance of secession, Dec. 20, 1861.

CHAPTER 14

“How do you feel … all the present difficulty”
: to unknown addressee, undated (Dec. 1860).

“I declare to you this morning”
: David Herbert Donald,
Lincoln
(1995), 256.

“take from the disunionists … in their hands”
:
Works of Lincoln
, 4:134-35.

“Each and all of the States”
:
Works of Lincoln
, 4:141.

“This is just as I expected”
:
Works of Lincoln
, 4:146.

“The President of the United States is no emperor”
:
The Rebellion Record
, ed. Frank Moore (1861), 1:220.

“The country is certainly in great peril”
: John G. Nicolay and John Hay,
Abraham Lincoln
(1890), 3:271.

“Do the people in the South … is the rub”
:
Works of Lincoln
, 4:160.

“The political horizon looks dark”
:
Works of Lincoln
, 4:160.

“Let there be no compromise”
:
Works of Lincoln
, 4:149-50.

“Hold firm”
:
Works of Lincoln
, 4:151.

“They won’t give up the offices”
: David Potter,
The Impending Crisis
,
1848-1861
(1976), 432.

“My opinion”
:
Works of Lincoln
, 4:154.

“If the United States should merely hold”
:
New York Times
, Feb. 13, 1861.

“I have no purpose … of our nature”
: Lincoln’s first inaugural address, March 4, 1861, Public Papers.

CHAPTER 15

“It was generally believed … must be the result”
:
Memoirs
, 145-47.

“We are at the end”
:
Works of Lincoln
, 4:317-18.

“A State for a fort”
: David Herbert Donald,
Lincoln
(1995), 290.

“I appeal to all loyal citizens”
:
Works of Lincoln
, 4:331-32.

“We solemnly resolve … the God of battles”
: Albert D. Richardson,
A Personal History of Ulysses S. Grant
(1868), 170-71.

“The sole reason”
:
Memoirs
, 152.

“In these exciting times … worth fighting over again”
: to Frederick Dent, April 19, 1861.

“We are now in the midst … with the latter”
: to Jesse Grant, April 21, 1861.

CHAPTER 16

“On account of the cars”
: to Julia Dent Grant, April 27, 1861.

“The evening I was to quit”
:
Memoirs
, 154.

“The only place I ever found”
:
Memoirs
, 154.

“I am convinced”
: to Mary Grant, April 29, 1861.

“Galena has several more companies … up to log-rolling”
: to Jesse Grant, May 2, 1861.

“My own opinion”
: to Jesse Grant, May 6, 1861.

“Kiss the children for me”
: to Julia Dent Grant, May 15, 1861.

“After listening to his remarks … has assigned me”
:
Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee
, ed. Robert E. Lee (Jr.) (1905), 24-28.

“Having served for fifteen years”
: to Lorenzo Thomas, May 24, 1861.

“I felt some hesitation”
:
Memoirs
, 159.

“Your father is in the room … strong for the Union”
: to Julia Dent Grant, May 10, 1861.

“I went down to the arsenal”
:
Memoirs
, 155-56.

“Up to this time … young man subsided”
:
Memoirs
, 156-57.

“I was in hopes”
:
Memoirs
, 159.

“In accepting this command”
: Orders no. 7, June 18, 1861.

“Hereafter no passes”
: Orders no. 8, June 19, 1861.

“It is with regret”
: Orders no. 14, June 26, 1861.

“The guard house was not large enough”
:
Papers of Grant
, 2:46-47n1.

“It was in a terribly disorganized state”
: to Julia Dent Grant, July 7, 1861.

“It breathed a loyalty”
:
Memoirs
, 162.

CHAPTER 17

“These measures … suppress a rebellion”
:
Collected
Works of Abraham Lincoln
, 4:426-39.

“Fred was delighted”
: to Julia Dent Grant, June 26, 1861.

“The soldiers and officers”
: to Julia Dent Grant, July 7, 1861.

“I thought it would be good preparation”
:
Memoirs
, 162.

“which he did in double-quick time”
:
Jacksonville Journal
, July 11, 1861,
Papers of Grant
, 2:59.

“Fred started home”
: to Julia Dent Grant, July 13, 1861.

“Do not send him home … his own knapsack”
:
Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant
, 92.

“Last night we had an alarm”
: to Julia Dent Grant, July 13, 1861.

“My sensations as we approached … and ran away”
:
Memoirs
, 163.

“Tomorrow I start for Monroe”
: to Jesse Grant, July 13, 1861.

“When we got on the road … as I had his”
:
Memoirs
, 164-65.

CHAPTER 18

“I have never been a politician … as you best can”
:
Memoirs of Sherman
, 174, 185-86.

“I hold myself now … render most service”
:
Memoirs of Sherman
, 189.

“Their uniforms were as various”
:
Memoirs of Sherman
, 196.

“We start forth today”
:
The Sherman Letters
(1894), 125.

“For the first time … he would do it”
:
Memoirs of Sherman
, 201-08.

CHAPTER 19

“Colonel Grant is an old army officer”
: Pope to Frémont, Aug. 5, 1861,
Papers of Grant
, 2:86n.

“Fighting here looks to me”
: Edward Castle to Frémont, Aug. 8, 1861,
Papers of Grant
, 2:87n.

“No wandering will be permitted”
: General Orders No. 1, July 25, 1861.

“When we first come”
: to Julia Dent Grant, July 19, 1861.

“The majority in this part”
: to Jesse Grant, Aug. 3, 1861.

“I see from the papers”
: to Jesse Grant, Aug. 3, 1861.

“I certainly feel very grateful”
: to Julia Dent Grant, Aug. 10, 1861.

“I took it in a very disorganized”
: to Jesse Grant, Aug. 3, 1861.

“People here will be glad”
: to Julia Dent Grant, Aug. 3, 1861.

“I called to see Harry Boggs”
: to Julia Dent Grant, Aug. 10, 1861.

“You ask my views”
: to Mary Grant, Aug. 12, 1861.

“The last we heard of him”
: Ron Powers,
Mark Twain
(2005), 98.

“In time I came to learn”
: Mark Twain, “The Private History of a Campaign That Failed” (1885).

CHAPTER 20

“My present command”
: to Julia Dent Grant, Aug. 10, 1861.

“Many of the officers”
: to John Kelton (for Frémont), Aug. 9, 1861.

“Commanders will see that the men”
: General Orders No. 9, Aug. 9, 1861.

“Order was soon restored”
:
Memoirs
, 171.

“As I turned the first corner”
:
Memoirs
, 172-73.

“When I came to know him better”
:
Memoirs
, 173.

“There was no time for delay”
:
Memoirs
, 174.

“Found numerous secession flags”
: to Frémont, Sept. 6, 1861.

“I have come among you”
: Proclamation, Sept. 6, 1861.

“You have seen my move”
: to Julia Dent Grant, Sept. 8, 1861.

“All is quiet here now”
: to Julia Dent Grant, Sept. 20, 1861.

“I am very sorry”
: to Julia Dent Grant, Oct. 20, 1861.

“But after we started”
:
Memoirs
, 178.

“At daylight we proceeded”
: to Brigadier General Seth Williams, Nov. 10, 1861.

“We fought the rebels slowly but steadily”
:
The War of the Rebellion: The Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
, 1:3:296-97.

“The officers and men”
:
Memoirs
, 179-80.

“I saw at the same time … lodged in the floor”
:
Memoirs
, 180-84.

“All the troops behaved”
: to Seth Williams, Nov. 10, 1861.

“The two objects”
:
Memoirs
, 185.

CHAPTER 21

“By some strange operation of magic”
:
The Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan: Selected Correspondence, 1860-1865
, ed. Stephen W. Sears (1992), 70.

“serious disaster”
: McClellan to Lincoln, Oct. 22, 1861, Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress.

“a great national idea”
: Catherine Coffin Phillips,
Jessie Benton Frémont
(1995), 250.

“The late battle at Belmont … lauding his gallantry”
:
New York Times
, Nov. 11, 1861; from
Chicago Journal
, Nov. 7, 1861, in
Times
, Nov. 12, 1861.

“All with you have done honor”
: Lincoln to McClernand, Nov. 10, 1861, Lincoln Papers.

“An energetic, enterprising and judicious commander”
: McClernand to Lincoln, Nov. 22, 1861, Lincoln Papers.

“If a department could be established there”
: John Logan to McClernand, Jan. 14, 1862,
Papers of Grant
, 3:207n.

“The victory was most complete”
: to Jesse Grant, Nov. 8, 1861.

“You will send reports in writing”
: from Halleck, Nov. 21, 1861,
Papers of Grant
, 3:202n.

“The true line of operations”
:
Memoirs
, 185.

“I have now a larger force”
: to Mary Grant, Jan. 23, 1862.

“I was received”
:
Memoirs
, 190.

“Two ironclad gunboats”
: Smith to John Rawlins, Jan. 21, 1862,
Papers of Grant
, 4:91n.

“Fort Henry on the Tennessee … of this week”
: Foote to Halleck, Jan. 28 and 29, 1862,
Papers of Grant
, 4:99n.

“I would respectfully suggest”
: to Halleck, Jan. 29, 1862.

“Make your preparations”
: from Halleck, Jan. 30, 1862,
Papers of Grant
, 4:104n.

“Very little preparation”
: to Smith, Jan. 31, 1862.

“I will leave here”
: to Halleck, Feb. 1, 1862.

“No firing”
: General Orders No. 7, Feb. 2, 1862.

“On your arrival at Paducah”
: to McClernand, Feb. 3, 1862.

“I went up on the
Essex
”
: to Halleck, Feb. 4, 1862.

“All the troops will be up”
: to Julia Dent Grant, Feb. 4, 1862.

“The sight of our campfires … of Fort Henry”
: to Julia Dent Grant, Feb. 5, 1862. Grant actually wrote “4,000 troops” but doubtless meant “40,000,” as the former number would not have impressed the Confederate defenders.

“The fire on both sides … as long as possible”
: Tilghman report, Feb. 12, 1862,
Official Records
, 1:7:140-41.