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  “The Sioux War”: Cox, Lincoln and the Sioux Uprising of 1862, p. 152.

  “like the locusts”: ibid., p. 26.

  “anxious to execute”: ibid., pp. 152–53.

  A plea from … Ramsey: CW, Vol. 5, p. 493n.

  “Please forward”: ibid., p. 493.

  “The only distinction”: ibid., p. 493n.

  possible lynch mobs: Pope to Lincoln, Nov. 24, 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress Manuscript Division.

  “turn them over to me”: Ramsey to Lincoln, Nov. 28, 1862, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress Manuscript Division.

  The president told his visitors: CW, Vol. 5, p. 493n.

  “I have waited in vain”: Mary Lincoln to Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 2, 1862.

  Lincoln finally replied: CW, Vol. 5, p. 494.

  Company K: Pinsker, Lincoln’s Sanctuary, pp. 79–81.

  “loud talking”: ibid., p. 83.

  “getting quite thick”: ibid., p. 84.

  “in the same bed”: Chamberlin, History of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, Second Regiment, Bucktail Brigade, p. 38.

  Some historians have speculated: cf. Tripp, The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln.

  “very agreeable to me”: CW, Vol. 5, pp. 484–85.

  test firing of a new rocket: Bruce, Lincoln and the Tools of War, pp. 217–19.

  “a long familiar talk”: Browning diary, Nov. 29, 1862.

  ordered the release: Long, The Civil War Day by Day, p. 289.

  “would rather die”: CW, Vol. 5, pp. 503–4.

  Browning asked about Burnside: Browning diary, Nov. 29, 1862.

  “somewhat risky”: CW, Vol. 5, pp. 514–15.

  “To cross the Rappahannock”: Browning diary, Nov. 29, 1862.

  “The President is … quickened”: Sumner to John Bright, Nov. 18, 1862.

  Lincoln was shocked: CW, Vol. 5, pp. 505–6.

  “His hair is grizzled”: Lincoln Observed, pp. 13–14.

  13: DECEMBER

  “I strongly suspect”: CW, Vol. 5, pp. 553–54.

  second annual message to Congress: ibid., pp. 518–37.

  make the decisions himself: ibid., pp. 537–38.

  303 often confusing files: Cox, Lincoln and the Sioux Uprising of 1862, p. 182.

  a drunken mob marched: ibid., pp. 189–90.

  a follow-up message: Nicolay to Henry H. Sibley, Dec. 9, 1862.

  “shrank with evident pain”: “Conversation with Hon. J. Holt Washington Oct 25 1875,” in An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln, p. 69.

  “hang men for votes”: quoted in Cox, Lincoln and the Sioux Uprising of 1862, p. 184.

  “after all hope”: William B. Franklin, “Franklin’s Left Grand Division,” in Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol. 3, p. 133.

  “a chicken could not live”: James Longstreet, “The Battle of Fredericksburg,” in Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol. 3, p. 79.

  “men, prostrate and dropping”: Darius Couch, “Sumner’s ‘Right Grand Division,’” in Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol. 3, p. 113.

  Longstreet saw “the Federals”: James Longstreet, “The Battle of Fredericksburg,” p. 82.

  grab at the legs: Lang, The Forgotten Charge: The 123rd Pennsylvania at Marye’s Heights, p. 74.

  “imbecility, treachery, failure”: quoted in McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, pp. 573–74.

  “never once faltered”: Catton, Glory Road, p. 62.

  “If the same battle”: RW, p. 426.

  Wilkinson … Wade … Fessenden: Browning diary, Dec. 16, 1862.

  Browning … protested: ibid., Dec. 22, 1862.

  “no evidence”: Goodwin, Team of Rivals, 487–88.

  demand … Seward’s resignation: Browning diary, Dec. 17, 1862.

  “do as they please about me”: quoted in Goodwin, Team of Rivals, p. 488.

  “partizans of Mr. Chase”: Browning diary, Dec. 22, 1862.

  Ewing “had no doubt”: ibid., Dec. 19, 1862.

  “Chase writes me”: Sumner to John Bright, Nov. 18, 1862.

  “like the starling”: RW, p. 397.

  “a bitter draught”: Sterne, A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, p. 242.

  “refuse to parley”: Welles diary, Dec. 20, 1862.

  Needing to hear exactly: ibid., Dec. 19, 1862.

  “He had … no adviser”: Hay diary, Oct. 30, 1863.

  When Browning … called: Browning diary, Dec. 18, 1862.

  Republican senators took their seats: Fessenden, The Life and Public Services of William Pitt Fessenden, Vol. 1, pp. 239–43.

  “contrived to suck them out”: Bates diary, Dec. 19, 1862.

  “common rumor”: Fessenden, The Life and Public Services of William Pitt Fessenden, Vol. 1, p. 241.

  The difficult question: Hay diary, Oct. 30, 1863.

  emergency cabinet meeting: Welles diary, Dec. 19, 1862.

  Do not … “resist this assault”: ibid.

  “could not afford to lose”: Bates diary, Dec. 19, 1862.

  the cabinet chattered: ibid.; Welles diary, Dec. 19, 1862.

  touting candidates: Browning diary, Dec. 19, 1862; Bates diary, Dec. 20, 1862.

  they were not alone: Fessenden, The Life and Public Services of William Pitt Fessenden, Vol. 1, p. 243.

  Lincoln then paused, looked at Chase: ibid., pp. 243–44.

  “arraigned before a committee”: ibid., pp. 244–46.

  Stanton … was “disgusted”: ibid., pp. 248–49.

  Smith … “felt strongly tempted”: ibid.

  “He lied”: Browning diary, Dec. 22, 1862.

  Lincoln put in comments: Fessenden, The Life and Public Services of William Pitt Fessenden, Vol. 1, pp. 244–46.

  Recognize and maintain: ibid.

  “Seward has seen fit to resign”: ibid., p. 248.

  “all in a buz”: Bates diary, Dec. 20, 1862.

  “slumped over one way”: Hay diary, Oct. 30, 1863.

  to coax him back would tilt: Fessenden, The Life and Public Services of William Pitt Fessenden, Vol. 1, pp. 247–48.

  Welles’s mission: Welles diary, Dec. 20, 1862.

  “‘Where is it?’”: ibid.

  “the most serious governmental crisis”: Goodwin, Team of Rivals, p. 495.

  “I do not now see”: Hay diary, Oct. 30, 1863.

  “more firmly … in the saddle”: Nicolay and Hay, Abraham Lincoln, Vol. 6, p. 271.

  “Now I can ride”: RW, p. 200.

  “The war!”: French diary, Dec. 21, 1862.

  Medill … cataloged the woes: quoted in Donald, Lincoln, p. 399.

  Dahlgren waxed eloquent: Dahlgren diary, Dec. 16, 1862.

  “impossibility of … so long a line”: Grant, Memoirs and Selected Letters, p. 289.

  Order No. 11: Smith, Grant, pp. 224–26.

  “the children of Israel”: Korn, American Jewry and the Civil War, p. 125.

  Grant’s next lesson: Grant, Memoirs and Selected Letters, pp. 290–91.

  “amazed at the … supplies”: ibid.

  She enjoyed the shopping: Taft diary, Jan. 2, 1863.

  “From this time until spring”: Mary Lincoln to William A. Newell, Dec. 16, 1862.

  “Mrs. Laury, a spiritualist”: Browning diary, Jan. 1, 1863.

  a letter to McCullough’s daughter: CW, Vol. 6, pp. 16–17.

  West Virginia: ibid., pp. 26–28.

  a cheer … in Minnesota: Cox, Lincoln and the Sioux Uprising of 1862, p. 192.

  Ile à Vache: Guelzo, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, pp. 223–24.

  “he could not stop”: RW, p. 435.

  “fraught with evil”: Browning diary, Dec. 31, 1862.

  worked with his cabinet to refine: “Conversation with Hon. J. P. Usher, Wash[ingto]n Oct 8, 1878,” in An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln, pp. 66–67.

  At the town of Murfreesboro: G. C. Kniffin, “The Battle of Stone’s River,” in Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol. 3, pp. 613–
32.

  highest proportional toll: McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, p. 582.

  “check … to a dangerous sentiment”: CW, Vol. 6, pp. 424–25.

  “I can never forget”: ibid.

  EPILOGUE

  “Your military skill is useless”: CW, Vol. 6, pp. 31–33.

  “what do you intend doing?”: Guelzo, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, p. 181.

  “gem of my character”: quoted in Donald, Lincoln, pp. 87–88.

  “the central act … knocked”: RW, pp. 90, 120.

  be remembered forever: ibid., p. 413.

  “Every sound appears a knell”: CW, Vol. 1, p. 379.

  “my fondest hopes”: RW, p. 413.

  “never be forgotten”: quoted in Guelzo, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, p. 186.

  “very smilingly”: Taft diary, Jan. 1, 1863.

  a few small changes: Guelzo, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, pp. 178–81.

  a new flourish: CW, Vol. 6, p. 30.

  Lincoln, proofreading carefully: Guelzo, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, p. 181.

  At the Seward mansion: Taft diary, Jan. 2, 1863.

  The Welles home was quiet: Welles diary, Jan. 1, 1863.

  “bright, cherub face”: ibid., Dec. 3, 1862.

  “The character of the country”: ibid., Jan. 1, 1863.

  “Oh, Mr. French!”: Randall, Mary Lincoln, p. 320.

  looking “quite as well”: Taft diary, Jan. 1, 1863.

  opinions already written: Simon, Lincoln and Chief Justice Taney, pp. 222, 245.

  An early biographer, J. G. Holland: quoted in Herndon and Weik, Abraham Lincoln, Vol. 2, pp. 292–93.

  Emancipation Proclamation, ready for his signature: Guelzo, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, pp. 182–83.

  “I never … felt more certain”: RW, p. 397.

  carefully inscribed his name: An image of the signature was viewed at http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/images/emancipation_05.jpg.

  “The signature looks”: RW, p. 112.

  Americans erupted in cheers: Guelzo, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, pp. 183–86.

  “Emancipation Meetings” … amens: Foreman, A World on Fire, pp. 395–97.

  “The workingmen of Europe”: CW, Vol. 6, pp. 63–65.

  “bloody, barbarous … scheme”: quoted in Guelzo, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, pp. 187–88.

  Vallandigham … Cox: McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, pp. 592–94.

  “half his company gone”: Guelzo, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, pp. 187–88.

  “the people of … 1862”: New-York Tribune, Sept. 24, 1862.

  a quarter of a million Rebel troops: Long, The Civil War Day by Day, p. 706.

  “the Union is stronger”: Seward to Dayton, Dec. 1, 1862; Seward to Adams, Nov. 30, 1862.

  the London Spectator: Foreman, A World on Fire, pp. 318–19.

  “I can see that time coming”: RW, pp. 440–41.

  bonds were selling at half: Nicolay and Hay, Abraham Lincoln, Vol. 10, p. 340.

  “certainly is growing feeble”: French diary, Feb. 18, 1863.

  richer in 1870: Nicolay and Hay, Abraham Lincoln, Vol. 10, p. 340.

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