The Man Who Saved the Union (102 page)

“much weakened and demoralized”
: Lee to Davis, Sept. 3, 1862,
Memoirs of Robert E. Lee
, ed. A. L. Long (1886), 516.

“To the People of Maryland”
: Lee proclamation, Sept. 8, 1862, in James D. McCabe Jr.,
Life and Campaigns of Robert E. Lee
(1866), 239-40.

“When I say that they were hungry”
: Mary Bedinger Mitchell, “A Woman’s Recollections of Antietam,”
Battles and Leaders of the Civil War
(1887), 2:687.

“My army is ruined by straggling”
: McCabe,
Life and Campaigns of Robert E. Lee
, 31.

“Here is a paper”
: Stephen W. Sears,
George B. McClellan
(1999), 282.

“I have all the plans of the rebels”
: McClellan to Lincoln, Sept. 13, 1862, Lincoln Papers.

“God bless you”
: Lincoln to McClellan, Sept. 15, 1862,
Collected Works of Lincoln
, 5:426.

“The thought of General Lee’s perilous position”
: John G. Walker, “Sharpsburg,”
Battles and Leaders
, 2:675.

“The blue uniforms of the Federals”
: James Longstreet, “The Invasion of Maryland,”
Battles and Leaders
, 2:667.

“Every stalk of corn”
: Hooker report, Nov. 8, 1862,
Official Records
, 1:19(1):218.

“To those who have not been witnesses”
: Walker, “Sharpsburg,”
Battles and Leaders
, 2:675-77.

“The line swayed forward and back”
: Longstreet, “Invasion of Maryland,”
Battles and Leaders
, 2:668.

“No tongue can tell”
: James M. McPherson,
Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam
(2002), 129.

“We awaited without apprehension”
: Lee report, March 6, 1863,
Reports of the Operations of the Army of Northern Virginia from June 1862 to and including the Battle at Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862
(1864), 35-36.

“I concluded that the success of an attack”
: McClellan report, Aug. 4, 1863,
Official Records
, 1:19(1):65.

“As we could not look for a material increase”
: Lee report, March 6, 1863,
Reports of the Operations
, 36.

“I was among the last”
: Walker, “Sharpsburg,”
Battles and Leaders
, 2:682.

“The President directs”
: Halleck to McClellan, Oct. 6, 1862,
Official Records
1:19(1):10.

“The time has come now”
:
The
Salmon P. Chase Papers: Journals, 1829-1872
, ed. John Niven (1993), 394.

“Commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy”
: Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, Sept. 22, 1863,
Collected Works of Lincoln
, 5:433-34.

CHAPTER 28

“I am concentrated and strong … a rapid decline”
: to Julia Dent Grant, Sept. 14, 1862.

“There is a large force”
: to Julia Dent Grant, Sept. 15, 1862.

“Besides”
:
Memoirs
, 275-76.

“You must engage the enemy”
: to Ord, Sept. 20, 1862.

“We were in a country”
:
Memoirs
, 278.

“It is now clear that Corinth is the point”
: to Halleck, Oct. 1, 1862.

“The rebels are now massing”
: to Halleck, Oct. 4, 1862.

“We should attack if they do not”
: to Rosecrans, Oct. 2, 1862.

“The combined force of the enemy”
: to Hurlbut, Oct. 4, 1862.

“Make all dispatch”
: to Hurlbut, Oct. 4, 1862.

“If the enemy fall back”
: to Rosecrans, Oct. 4, 1862.

“We move at daylight in the morning”
: from Rosecrans, Oct. 4, 1862,
Papers of Grant
, 6:115n.

“The enemy are in full retreat”
: to Halleck, Oct. 5, 1862.

“Everything looks most favorable”
: to Halleck, Oct. 5, 1862.

“Push the enemy to the wall”
: to Rosecrans, Oct. 5, 1862.

“You will avail yourself”
: to Rosecrans, Oct. 6, 1862.

“Although partial success might result”
: to Halleck, Oct. 8, 1862.

“I congratulate you”
: Lincoln to Grant, Oct. 8, 1862,
Works of Lincoln
, 5:453.

“About eight hundred rebels already buried”
: to Lincoln, Oct. 10, 1862.

“The victory was most triumphant”
: to John Kelton, Oct. 30, 1865.

“With small reinforcements at Memphis”
: to Halleck, Oct. 26, 1862.

CHAPTER 29

“It is, however, a very grave question”
: to Chase, July 31, 1862.

“The mania for sudden fortunes”
: Dana to Stanton, Jan. 21, 1863, in Charles A. Dana,
Recollections of the Civil War
(1899), 18-19.

“A greater pack of knaves never went unhung”
: Porter to Sherman, Oct. 29, 1863,
Official Records
, 1:25:521.

“Gold and silver will not be paid”
: General Orders No. 64, July 25, 1862,
Official Records
, 1:17(2):123.

“There is an evident disposition”
: Grant to Halleck, July 28, 1862.

“It is very desirable … into market”
: Halleck to Grant, Aug. 2, 1862,
Official Records
, 1:17(2):150.

“embarrassment … none of their dangers”
:
Memoirs
, 266-67.

“It will be regarded as evidence”
: General Orders No. 8, Nov. 19, 1862,
Official Records
, 1:52(1):302-03.

“My plans are all complete”
: to Mary Grant, Dec. 15, 1862.

“Examine the baggage”
: to Quinby, July 26, 1862.

“Refuse all permits to come south”
: to Hurlbut, Nov. 9, 1862.

“Give orders to all the conductors”
: to Webster, Nov. 10, 1862,
Official Records
, 1:17(2):337.

“I have long since believed”
: to Christopher Wolcott, Dec. 17, 1862.

“The Jews, as a class”
: General Orders No. 11, Dec. 17, 1862.

“The order was issued”
: to I. N. Morris, Sept. 14, 1868, printed in
New York Times
, Nov. 30, 1868.

“I would write you many particulars”
: to Jesse Grant, Sept. 17, 1862.

“It will be immediately revoked”
: Halleck to Grant, Jan. 4, 1863,
Official Records
, 1:17(2):530.

“It excluded a whole class”
: Kelton to Grant, Jan. 5, 1863,
Papers of Grant
, 7:54n.

“The President has no objection”
: Halleck to Grant, Jan. 21, 1863,
Papers of Grant
, 7:54n.

“It is a great annoyance”
: to Edward C. Ord, Oct. 24, 1862.

CHAPTER 30

“Vicksburg is the key”
: David D. Porter,
Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War
(1886), 95-96.

“At this stage of the campaign”
:
Memoirs
, 285.

“As soon as possible”
: to Sherman, Dec. 8, 1862.

“The surrender of Holly Springs”
:
Memoirs
, 290.

“The women came with smiling faces”
: Adam Badeau,
Military History of Ulysses S. Grant, from April 1861 to April 1865
(1881-85), 1:140-41.

“I found there was not sufficient confidence”
: to Halleck, Jan. 20, 1863.

“General McClernand was a politician”
:
Memoirs
, 294-95.

“We are now on the brink of destruction”
: David Herbert Donald,
Lincoln
(1995), 402-03.

“The draft would be resisted”
:
Memoirs
, 296.

“I propose running a canal through”
: to Halleck, Jan. 20, 1863.

“Work on the canal is progressing”
: to Halleck, Feb. 3, 1863.

“The continuous rise in the river”
: to Halleck, Feb. 9, 1863.

“There is no question”
: to Halleck, Feb. 4, 1863.

“With this we were able”
:
Memoirs
, 299.

“Hurry up”
: Porter,
Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War
, 161.

“I am very well but much perplexed”
: to Julia Dent Grant, March 27, 1863.

“When these gunboats once go below”
: Porter to Grant, March 29, 1863,
Official Records
, 1:24:518.

“The Mississippi at Milliken’s Bend … of that aristocracy”
: Charles A. Dana,
Recollections of the Civil War
(1899), 28-29.

“He received me cordially”
: Dana,
Recollections of the Civil War
, 30.

“Grant’s staff is a curious mixture”
: Dana,
Recollections of the Civil War
, 72-73.

“A very brilliant man”
: Dana,
Recollections of the Civil War
, 57, 76.

“Grant was an uncommon fellow”
: Dana,
Recollections of the Civil War
, 61-62.

“It was an ugly place … and twenty-five discharges”
: Dana,
Recollections of the Civil War
, 36-37.

“The sight was magnificent”
:
Memoirs
, 307-08.

“Our experiment of running the batteries”
: to Halleck, April 19, 1863.

CHAPTER 31

“I move my headquarters to Carthage”
: to Halleck, April 21, 1863.

“In company with Admiral Porter”
: to Sherman, April 24, 1863.

“I am now embarking troops”
: to Halleck, April 27, 1863.

“virtual possession of Vicksburg”
: to Julia Dent Grant, April 28, 1863.

“From a tug out in the stream”
: Grant report, July 6, 1863,
Official Records
, 1:19(1):48.

“The gunboats made another vigorous attack”
: to Halleck, May 3, 1863.

“When this was effected”
:
Memoirs
, 321.

“The march immediately commenced … in our possession”
: to Halleck, May 3, 1863.

“Stop all troops”
: Sherman to Grant, May 9, 1863,
Official Records
, 1:24(3):285.

“I do not calculate”
: to Sherman, May 9, 1863.

“I shall communicate with Grand Gulf”
: to Halleck, May 11, 1863.

“The enemy would have strengthened”
:
Memoirs
, 328.

“The enemy is badly beaten”
: to Sherman, May 3, 1863.

“Every day’s delay”
: to William Hillyer, May 5, 1863.

“Two days more, or Tuesday next”
: to Julia Dent Grant, May 9, 1863.

“Move your command tonight”
: to McPherson, May 11, 1863.

“The enemy was driven at all points”
: to McClernand, May 12, 1863.

“So I finally decided”
:
Memoirs
, 332.

“Move one division of your corps”
: to McClernand, May 13, 1863.

“Move directly towards Jackson”
: to Sherman, May 13, 1863.

“Send me word”
: to McPherson, May 14, 1863.

“He set about his work”
: Adam Badeau,
Military History of Ulysses S. Grant, from April 1861 to April 1865
(1881-85), 1:250.

“Just as I was leaving Jackson”
: Sherman,
Memoirs of Sherman
, 347-48.

“I am concentrating my forces”
: to Halleck, May 15, 1863.

“An intercepted message”
: Badeau,
Military History of Grant
, 1:252n.

“I have just received information”
: to McClernand, May 16, 1863.

“Great celerity should be shown”
: to Sherman, May 16, 1863.

“It is one of the highest points”
:
Memoirs
, 342.

“Had I known the ground”
:
Memoirs
, 347.

“The enemy were driven”
: to Sherman, May 16, 1863.

“While a battle is raging”
:
Memoirs
, 348.

“The enemy were found”
: Grant report, July 6, 1863.

“If possible, the forces”
: from Halleck, May 11, 1863,
Official Records
, 1:24(3):36.

“I immediately mounted my horse”
:
Memoirs
, 350.

“Notwithstanding the level ground”
: Grant report, July 6, 1863.

“My men are now investing”
: to Porter, May 19, 1862.

“Until this moment”
: John S. C. Abbott,
The Life of General Ulysses S. Grant
(1868), 137.

CHAPTER 32

“If Haynes’ Bluff is untenable”
: Johnston to Pemberton, May 17, 1863,
Official Records
, 1:24(3):888.

“The opinion was unanimously expressed”
: Pemberton to Johnston, May 18, 1863,
Official Records
, 1:24(3):889-90.

“Johnston was in my rear”
:
Memoirs
, 355.

“The assault was gallant”
: Grant report, July 6, 1863.

“I don’t believe a word of it”
:
Memoirs of Sherman
, 352.

“This last attack only served”
:
Memoirs
, 356.

“The enemy has placed … but very palatable”
: Pemberton report, Aug. 25, 1863,
Official Records
, 1:24(1):279-81.

“Even the very animals … young innocent life”
:
My Cave Life in Vicksburg
, by “A Lady” (Mary Ann Webster Loughborough) (1864), 78-80.

“Unless the siege of Vicksburg … a yet indefinite period”
: Pemberton report, Aug. 25, 1863,
Official Records
, 1:24(1):281-83.

“It was a glorious sight”
:
Memoirs
, 375.

“The useless effusion of blood”
: to Pemberton, July 3, 1863.