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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., Notes on the life of Admiral Foote . (search)
Notes on the life of Admiral Foote. His brother, John A. Foote.
There were six boys and no girls in my father's family.
I was the eldest and am the only survivor.
The Admiral was next to me in age. We were brought up, I think, upon purely patriarchal and Puritan principles, so I was surprised that my father, on taking me to the law school at Litchfield, should so far unbend as to say to me, John, I think I have been able to control my family pretty well, all except Andrew — I have never tried to do more than to guide him.
In subsequent life I have thought that in that avowal I find the secret of the Admiral's unconquerable will and of his success as a naval commander.
He was very genial and good-natured, and as a subaltern implicitly obedient.
His interest in the Christian religion transformed him by subduing his will.
There never was any cant about him, and he seemed to enjoy life and to get much out of it. A younger brother of ours said to me, The world is a clog to me, b
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., The capture of Fort Donelson . (search)