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Francis B. Carpenter, Six Months at the White House, Xlxv. (search)
te were needed for the wounded, would be instantly responded to by the War Department in the issue of the necessary order, taking possession. They immediately waited upon the Surgeon-General, and procured the document required, upon which Secretary Stanton made out the order, saying, as he signed it: Now, gentlemen, you had better see the President also about this matter, and get his indorsement of the order. Proceeding to the Executive Mansion, they found, as usual, the waiting-rooms thronged and suffering soldiers that we ask of you. Entirely convinced by the candor of this reply, Mr. Lincoln then proceeded to a minute questioning in regard to the scenes they had witnessed; and when subsequently told that they had called at Secretary Stanton's request, to secure his approval of the order issued, which embraced only the grounds and spring, Not only these, said he, with emphasis, but the order must include the house, and everything else which can in any way contribute to the comf
Francis B. Carpenter, Six Months at the White House, Xlix. (search)
him alone, seated at the long table, with a large pile of military commissions before him, which he was signing one by one. As I sat down beside him, he presently remarked, I do not, as you see, pretend to read over these documents. I see that Stanton has signed them, so I conclude they are all right. Pausing here, he read a portion of one, beginning with the name of the individual, ---is hereby appointed adjutant-general, with the rank of captain, etc. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War. TherE. M. Stanton, Secretary of War. There, said he, appending his own signature in the opposite corner; that fixes him out. Thus he went on chatting and writing, until he had finished the lot; then, rising from his chair, he stretched himself, and said, Well, I have got that job husked out; now I guess I will go over to the War Department before I go to bed, and see if there is any news. Walking over with him at his request,--to divert his mind, I repeated a story told me the night previous concerning a contraband who had fallen i