Team of Rivals (166 page)

The first train left Washington…arrived in Tennessee: W. P. Smith to EMS, September 26, 1863, in
OR,
Ser. 1, Vol. 29, Part I, p. 161; Flower,
Edwin McMasters Stanton,
pp. 205–06.

Monitoring reports…agree to leave his post: Flower,
Edwin McMasters Stanton,
pp. 205–07; W. P. Smith to EMS, September 26, 1863, in
OR,
Ser. 1, Vol. XXIX, Part I, p. 162.

“It was an extraordinary…the twentieth century”: McPherson,
Battle Cry of Freedom,
p. 675.

Dana’s reports…troops had lost confidence: Charles A. Dana to EMS, September 30, 1863, in
OR,
Ser. 1, Vol. XXX, Part I, p. 204.

Stanton telegraphed Grant…discussing the overall military situation: Grant,
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant,
pp. 315–16.

the general departed for Chattanooga…Lookout Mountain: Ibid., pp. 320–51; James H. Meredith, “Chattanooga Campaign” and “Lookout Mountain, Battle of,” in
Encyclopedia of the American Civil War,
ed. Heidler and Heidler, pp. 411–15, 1216–18.

“would have been a terrible disaster”: Grant,
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant,
p. 318.

“The country does…nights work”: Entry for September 23, 1863, in
Chase Papers,
Vol. I, p. 453.

affectionately call his “Mars”: Bates,
Lincoln in the Telegraph Office,
p. 400.

“esteem and affection…French comic opera”: Benjamin, “Recollections of Secretary Edwin M. Stanton,”
Century
(1887), pp. 768, 760–61.

“No two men were…a necessity to each other”:
New York Evening Post,
July 13, 1891.

“in dealing with the public…than his heart”: A. E. Johnson, opinion cited in Bates,
Lincoln in the Telegraph Office,
p. 389.

the story of a congressman…“step over and see him”: Julian,
Political Recollections, 1840 to 1872,
pp. 211–12.

“remarkable passages…at Cincinnati”: EMS, quoted in Parkinson to Beveridge, May 28, 1923, container 292, Beveridge Papers, DLC.

“Few war ministers…for Mr. Lincoln”: “The Late Secretary Stanton,”
Army and Navy Journal,
January 1, 1870, p. 309.

When Stanton was eighteen…near death from cholera: Wolcott, “Edwin M. Stanton,” p. 36.

he insisted on including…to stand guard: Joseph Buchanan and William Stanton Buchanan, quoted in Flower,
Edwin McMasters Stanton,
pp. 39, 40.

Oh! Why should the spirit…
: William Knox, “Mortality,” quoted in Bruce, “The Riddle of Death,” in
The Lincoln Enigma,
p. 135.

He could recite from memory…“in the English language”: Carpenter,
Six Months at the White House,
p. 59.

The mossy marbles rest
: Oliver Wendell Holmes, “The Last Leaf,” in
The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes,
Vol. I (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1892), p. 4.

he had written…“he should be honored?”: EMS, “Our Admiration of Military Character Unmerited,” 1831, reel 1, Stanton Papers, DLC.

an army of more than 2 million men: Margaret E. Wagner, Gary W. Gallagher, and Paul Finkelman, eds.,
The Library of Congress Civil War Desk Reference
(New York: Grand Central Press/Simon & Schuster, 2002), p. 376.

“There could be no greater…to eternity”: EMS, quoted in Gideon Stanton, ed., “Edwin M. Stanton.”

“Doesn’t it strike you…flowing all about me?”: AL quoted in Louis A. Warren,
Lincoln’s Youth: Indiana Years, Seven to Twenty-one, 1816–1830
(New York: Appleton Century Crofts, 1959), p. 225 n29.

an audience to a group of Quakers: AL to Eliza P. Gurney, September 4, 1864, in
CW,
VII, p. 535.

“If I had had…still governs it”: AL, quoted in Eliza P. Gurney, copy of interview with AL, [October 26, 1862], Lincoln Papers.

“On principle…no mortal could stay”: AL to Eliza P. Gurney, September 4, 1864, in
CW,
VII, p. 535.

Stanton still wrote…“‘our love in two’”: EMS to SPC, March 7, 1863, Chase Papers, Phi.

Stanton would ask Chase to stand: EMS to SPC, December 30, 1863, reel 30, Chase Papers.

“It is painful…after concurrence, action”: SPC to George Wilkes, August 27, 1863, reel 28, Chase Papers.

Radicals insisted…both the Union and emancipation: Foner,
Reconstruction,
pp. 35–50, 60–62.

“standard-bearer…of the Radicals”: Brooks,
Mr. Lincoln’s Washington,
p. 236.

Chase’s desire…proclaim his campaign: Ibid., p. 237.

he wrote hundreds of letters…Lincoln administration: Hendrick,
Lincoln’s War Cabinet,
p. 400.

“I should fear nothing…management of the War”: SPC to Edward D. Mansfield, October 18, 1863, reel 29, Chase Papers.

“If I were myself…man should be had”: SPC to William Sprague, November 26, 1863, reel 30, Chase Papers.

He was thrilled…on another candidate: Horace Greeley to SPC, September 29, 1863, reel 28, Chase Papers.

“first choice…should receive it”: Edward Jordan to SPC, October 27, 1863, reel 29, Chase Papers.

Governor Dennison alerted him…“like a beaver”: “17 October 1863, Saturday, New York,” in Hay,
Inside Lincoln’s White House,
p. 92.

Seward cautioned…“for Mr. Chase”: TW note, quoted in “28 November 1863, Saturday,” in ibid., p. 119.

Samuel Cox…“New England States”: “24 December 1863, Thursday,” in ibid., p. 132.

A Pennsylvanian politician…“out of both eyes”: “25 October 1863, Sunday,” in ibid., p. 100.

John Hay learned…
Independent
to his side: “28 November 1863, Saturday,” in ibid., p. 120.

“Chase’s mad hunt after the Presidency”: “29 October 1863, Thursday,” in ibid., p. 103.

“plowing corn…make his department go”: “[July–August 1863],” in ibid., pp. 78, 313 n143.

Lincoln agreed…“very bad taste”: AL, quoted in “18 October 1863, Sunday,” in ibid., p. 93.

“was sorry…that it ought to”: “29 October 1863, Thursday,” in ibid., p. 103.

Lincoln’s friends…“President’s interests”: Eaton,
Grant, Lincoln and the Freedmen,
p. 176.

let “Chase have…what he asks”: “29 October 1863, Thursday,” in Hay,
Inside Lincoln’s White House,
p. 103.

a “frank, guileless…for the first one”: Leonard Swett to WHH, January 17, 1866, in
HI,
pp. 168, 164.

After criticizing…“So I still work on”: SPC to James Watson Webb, November 7, 1863, reel 29, Chase Papers.

“all along clearly…from New Orleans”: AL, quoted in “18 October 1863, Sunday,” in Hay,
Inside Lincoln’s White House,
p. 93.

“Chase would try…spot he can find”: “29 October 1863, Thursday,” in ibid., p. 103.

the people of Missouri…extinguish slavery: AL to Charles D. Drake and Others, October 5, 1863, in
CW,
VI, pp. 499–504; Foner,
Reconstruction,
pp. 41–42.

Governor Gamble worried…a conservative partisan: Hamilton R. Gamble to AL, October 1, 1863, Lincoln Papers.

He was accused…guise of military necessity: AL to Charles D. Drake and Others, October 5, 1863, in
CW,
VI, p. 500; “Conversation with Hon. M. S. Wilkinson, May 22 1876,” in Nicolay,
An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln,
pp. 59–60; Williams,
Lincoln and the Radicals,
p. 299.

a delegation of radicals…“not to alienate them”: “29 September 1863, Tuesday,” in Hay,
Inside Lincoln’s White House,
pp. 88–89 (quote); Williams,
Lincoln and the Radicals,
p. 299.

“these Radical men…side with the Radicals”: AL, paraphrased in “10 December 1863, Thursday,” in Hay,
Inside Lincoln’s White House,
p. 125.

“they are nearer…set Zionwards”: AL, quoted in “28 October 1863, Wednesday,” in ibid., p. 101.

resented the radicals’ demand…“short statutes of limitations”: “10 December 1863, Thursday,” in ibid., p. 125.

“So intense and fierce…saddest features of the times”: Entry for September 29, 1863,
Welles diary,
Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 448.

“show that…powerful as they may be”: AL, quoted in “29 September 1863, Tuesday,” in Hay,
Inside Lincoln’s White House,
pp. 88–89.

an invitation to spend the evening: EB to J. O. Broadhead, October 24, 1863, Broadhead Papers, MoSHi.

“surprised and mortified…as traitors”: EB to Hamilton R. Gamble, October 10, 1863, Bates Papers, MoSHi (quote); entry for September 30, 1863, in
The Diary of Edward Bates, 1859–1866,
p. 308.

Bates should hardly be…if he were to decide to run against Lincoln: Hamilton R. Gamble to EB, October 17, 1863, Bates Papers, MoSHi.

meeting with the Missourians…“instead of wind”: “30 September 1863, Wednesday,” in Hay,
Inside Lincoln’s White House,
p. 89.

Lincoln listened attentively…remove him from command: AL to Charles D. Drake and Others, October 5, 1863, in
CW,
VI, pp. 500 (quotes), 503.

“The President never…his candid logic”: “30 September 1863, Wednesday,” in Hay,
Inside Lincoln’s White House,
pp. 89–90.

Lincoln emerged…“as he supposed”: Entry for September 30, 1863, in
The Diary of Edward Bates, 1859–1866,
p. 308.

“whoever commands…or conservatives”: AL to Charles D. Drake and Others, October 5, 1863, in
CW,
VI, p. 504.

he wrote to remind…“injury to the Military”: AL to John M. Schofield, October 1, 1863, in ibid., p. 492.

leaning toward…“conflicting elements”: “13 December 1863, Sunday,” in Hay,
Inside Lincoln’s White House,
p. 127.

he decided to replace him with Rosecrans: “Rosecrans, William Starke (1819–1898),” and “Schofield, John McAllister (1831–1906),” in Sifakis,
Who Was Who in the Union,
pp. 342, 355.

Before an overflowing crowd…Jefferson Davis himself: Speech by Frank Blair, reprinted in
Missouri Republican,
St. Louis, September 27, 1863.

The
Liberator
criticized…“which he advocates”:
Roxbury Journal,
quoted in
Liberator,
October 16, 1863.

“not let even…share of his resentment”: EBL to SPL, [October 24, 1863], in
Wartime Washington,
ed. Laas, p. 316.

He wrote a letter to Monty…“skill and usefulness”: AL to MB, November 2, 1863, in
CW,
VI, p. 555.

a gentle letter of reprimand…“would not cure the bite”: AL to James M. Cutts, Jr., October 26, 1863, in ibid., p. 538, and note.

Chase again intervened…eligibility to vote: Niven,
Salmon P. Chase,
p. 339.

voiced his opposition at Rockville: Speech of Montgomery Blair, reprinted in the
Star,
October 5, 1863.

it aroused deep hostility…Blair from his cabinet: Smith,
The Francis Preston Blair Family in Politics,
Vol. II, pp. 241–43, 248; Williams,
Lincoln and the Radicals,
pp. 298, 303.

Lincoln refused to support…“against him”: “22 October 1863, Thursday,” in Hay,
Inside Lincoln’s White House,
p. 97.

Noah Brooks attended a mass rally…“utterances”: Brooks,
Mr. Lincoln’s Washington,
pp. 246–48.

Chase was a featured…his “fossil theories”: Ibid., pp. 247–49.

Chase was elated…
“a Cardinal principle”
: SPC to Horace Greeley, October 31, 1863, reel 29, Chase Papers.

Worried that Lincoln’s…“were producing logical results”: Leonard Swett to WHH, January 17, 1866, in
HI,
pp. 164–65.

“the most truly progressive…struggles with them”: John W. Forney, quoted in “31 December 1863, Thursday,” in Hay,
Inside Lincoln’s White House,
p. 135.

CHAPTER 22: “STILL IN WILD WATER”

Lincoln was visibly unsettled…his presidential race: Entry for October 14, 1863,
Welles diary,
Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 470.

Civil liberties was also…instituted conscription: William C. Davis,
Look Away! A History of the Confederate States of America
(New York: Free Press, 2002), pp. 174–76, 226.

Toombs accused…“tide of despotism”: Burton J. Hendrick,
Statesmen of the Lost Cause: Jefferson Davis and His Cabinet
(New York: Literary Guild of America, 1939), p. 417.

concerned about Ohio: Waugh,
Reelecting Lincoln,
pp. 14–15.

Lincoln was disheartened…“to the country”: Entry for October 14, 1863,
Welles diary,
Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 470.

In Pennsylvania…“of the United States”: McPherson,
Battle Cry of Freedom,
p. 685.

the Woodward campaign…“voice & my vote”: GBM to Charles J. Biddle, October 12, 1863, in
Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan,
p. 559.

took steps to ensure…return home to vote: Waugh,
Reelecting Lincoln,
p. 16.

If the president granted…Union ticket: SPC,
“Going Home to Vote,”
p. 22; Niven,
Salmon P. Chase,
p. 336.