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John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History, Chapter 6 . (search)
John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History, Chapter 8 . (search)
John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History, Chapter 12 . (search)
John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History, Chapter 13 . (search)
John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History, Chapter 18 . (search)
John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History, Chapter 22 . (search)
Chapter 22.
Jackson's valley campaign
Lincoln's visit to Scott
Pope assigned to command
Lee's attack on McClellan
retreat to Harrison's Landing
Seward sent to New York
Lincoln's letter to Seward
Lincoln's letter to McClellan-.Lincoln's visit to McClellan
Halleck made General-in
chief
Halleck's visit to Mc
Clellan
withdrawal from Harrison's Landing
Pope assumes command
second battle of Bull Run
the cabinet protest
McClellan ordered to defend Washington- orts of the enemy's strength changed the President's apprehensions from possibility to probability; and he took prompt measures to be prepared as far as possible, should a new disaster arise.
On June 24 he made a hurried visit to the veteran General Scott at West Point, for consultation on the existing military conditions, and on his return to Washington called General Pope from the West, and, by an order dated June 26, specially assigned him to the command of the combined forces under Fremont
John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History, Chapter 28 . (search)
Chapter 28.
Grant Lieutenant
General-interview with Lincoln
Grant visits Sherman
plan of campaigns
Lincoln to Grant
from the Wilderness to Cold Harbor
the move to city Point
siege of Petersburg
early menaces Washington
Lincoln under fire
Sheridan in the Shenandoah valley
The army rank of lieutenant-general had, before the Civil War, been conferred only twice on American commanders; on Washington, for service in the War of Independence, and on Scott, for his conquest of Mexico.
As a reward for the victories of Donelson, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga, Congress passed, and the President signed in February, 1864, an act to revive that grade.
Calling Grant to Washington, the President met him for the first time at a public reception at the Executive Mansion on March 8, when the famous general was received with all the manifestations of interest and enthusiasm possible in a social state ceremonial.
On the following day, at one o'clock, the general's formal inv
John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History, Chapter 37 . (search)