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Appomattox (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 41
t toward Mrs. Grant, who strove to placate her, and then Mrs. Lincoln became more outrageous still. She once rebuked Mrs. Grant for sitting in her presence. How dare you be seated, she said, until I invite you. Altogether it was a hateful experience at that tremendous crisis in the nation's history, for all this was just before the army started on its last campaign. But the war ended and the President and Mrs. Lincoln had already returned to Washington when General Grant arrived from Appomattox, bringing Mrs. Grant with him. On the 13th of April, Washington was illuminated in honor of the victories, and Mrs. Lincoln invited General Grant to drive about the streets with her and look at the demonstration; but she did not ask Mrs. Grant. The next night, April 14th, was the saddest in American history. Not only General and Mrs. Grant, but the Secretary of War and Mrs. Stanton, were invited to accompany the President and his wife to the theatre. No answer had yet been sent when Mrs
City Point (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 41
, for her first visit there as wife of the General-in-Chief. The next occasion that I recall was in March, 1864, when Mrs. Lincoln, with the President, visited City Point. They went on a steamer, escorted by a naval vessel of which Captain John S. Barnes was in command, and remained for several weeks in the James River under thetired. Mrs. Grant still tried to stand by her friend, and everybody was shocked and horrified. But all things come to an end, and after a while we returned to City Point. That night the President and Mrs. Lincoln entertained General and Mrs. Grant and the General's staff at dinner on the steamer, and before us all Mrs. Lincols regard for the officer, with a touch of what seemed to me the most exquisite breeding imaginable. Shortly before these occurrences Mrs. Stanton had visited City Point, and I chanced to ask her some question about the President's wife. I do not visit Mrs. Lincoln, was the reply. But I thought I must have been mistaken; the w
Chicago (Illinois, United States) (search for this): chapter 41
ted, and felt the neglect. While I was Consul-General at London, I learned of her living in an obscure quarter, and went to visit her. She was touched by the attention, and when I invited her to my house, for it seemed wrong that the widow of the man who had done so much for us all, should be ignored by any American representative, she wrote me a note of thanks, betraying how rare such courtesies had become to her then. The next I heard of the poor woman was the scandal of the courts in Chicago, when the fact was made clear that she was insane. It was a great relief to many to learn it, and doubtless the disclosure of the secret which her son must have long suspected—though like the Spartan boy, he cloaked his pain—was to him a sort of terrible satisfaction. It vindicated his conduct; it told for him what he had concealed; it proved him a worthy son of that great father who also bore his fate so heroically. The revelation not only showed these two as noble sufferers, but rede
Burlington (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): chapter 41
the President and his wife to the theatre. No answer had yet been sent when Mrs. Stanton called on Mrs. Grant to inquire if she meant to be of the party. For, said Mrs. Stanton, unless you accept the invitation, I shall refuse. I will not sit without you in the box with Mrs. Lincoln. Mrs. Grant also was tired out with what she had endured, and decided not to go to the play, little dreaming of the terrible experience she was thus escaping. She determined to return that night to Burlington, in New Jersey, where her children were at school, and requested the General to accompany her. Accordingly a note of apology was sent to Mrs. Lincoln, and Mrs. Stanton also declined the invitation. These ladies thus may both have saved their husband's lives. After the murder of the President, the eccentricities of Mrs. Lincoln became more apparent than ever, and people began to wonder whether her mind had not been affected by her terrible misfortune. Mr. Seward told me that she sold the Pre
Geoffroi (search for this): chapter 41
h the President, visited City Point. They went on a steamer, escorted by a naval vessel of which Captain John S. Barnes was in command, and remained for several weeks in the James River under the bluff on which the headquarters were established. They slept and usually took their meals aboard, but sometimes both ascended the hill and were entertained at the mess of General Grant. On the 26th of March a distinguished party from Washington joined them, among whom I remember, especially, Mr. Geoffroi, the French Minister. It was proposed that an excursion should be made to the front of the Army of the Potomac, about ten or twelve miles off, and Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Grant were of the company. A military railroad took the illustrious guests a portion of the way, and then the men were mounted, but Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Lincoln went on in an ambulance, as it was called—a sort of half-open carriage with two seats besides that for the driver. I was detailed to escort them, and of course s
Abraham Lincoln (search for this): chapter 41
he Grants and the Lincolns. The account of Lincoln's love-making, in his history by Nicolay and ended. For no one knows the character of Abraham Lincoln, his godlike patience, his ineffable sweederness to one who had been the sharer of Abraham Lincoln's fortunes and the mother of his family. special permit from the President. At this Mrs. Lincoln was up in arms, What do you mean by that, s She was absolutely jealous of poor, ugly Abraham Lincoln. I tried to pacify her and to palliatent again endeavored to pacify her, but then Mrs. Lincoln got angry with Mrs. Grant; and all that Porabout the President's wife. I do not visit Mrs. Lincoln, was the reply. But I thought I must have But the war ended and the President and Mrs. Lincoln had already returned to Washington when Gen I will not sit without you in the box with Mrs. Lincoln. Mrs. Grant also was tired out with what s. Accordingly a note of apology was sent to Mrs. Lincoln, and Mrs. Stanton also declined the invitat[30 more...]
Edwin M. Stanton (search for this): chapter 41
the most exquisite breeding imaginable. Shortly before these occurrences Mrs. Stanton had visited City Point, and I chanced to ask her some question about the Prehe White House; I do not visit Mrs. Lincoln. I was not at all intimate with Mrs. Stanton, Zzz and this remark was so extraordinary that I never forgot it; but I ican history. Not only General and Mrs. Grant, but the Secretary of War and Mrs. Stanton, were invited to accompany the President and his wife to the theatre. No answer had yet been sent when Mrs. Stanton called on Mrs. Grant to inquire if she meant to be of the party. For, said Mrs. Stanton, unless you accept the invitation, IMrs. Stanton, unless you accept the invitation, I shall refuse. I will not sit without you in the box with Mrs. Lincoln. Mrs. Grant also was tired out with what she had endured, and decided not to go to the play, o accompany her. Accordingly a note of apology was sent to Mrs. Lincoln, and Mrs. Stanton also declined the invitation. These ladies thus may both have saved their h
Ord (search for this): chapter 41
n the north side of the river, commanded by General Ord. The arrangements were somewhat similar toHorace Porter was ordered to join the party. Mrs. Ord accompanied her husband; as she was the wife get it. 'Tis very nice. Then she reverted to Mrs. Ord, while Mrs. Grant defended her friend at the f the Secretary of State, and an officer of General Ord's staff, rode up, and tried to say somethinremarked; he insists on riding by the side of Mrs. Ord. This of course added fuel to the flame. Whally the party arrived at its destination and Mrs. Ord came up to the ambulance. Then Mrs. Lincoln mer, and before us all Mrs. Lincoln berated General Ord to the President, and urged that he should nd defended his officer bravely. Of course General Ord was not removed. During all this visit ssence of officers because of Mrs. Griffin and Mrs. Ord, and I never suffered greater humiliation andss and a sufferer too. Barnes had accompanied Mrs. Ord on her unfortunate ride and refused afterward
Nicolay (search for this): chapter 41
Chapter 41: The Grants and the Lincolns. The account of Lincoln's love-making, in his history by Nicolay and Hay, seems almost ominous when read by the light of later knowledge. The anxieties and forebodings and absolute agony of the future President on the eve of marriage—the most incredulous might say—presaged the destiny that impended. For no one knows the character of Abraham Lincoln, his godlike patience, his ineffable sweetness, his transcendent charity amid all the tremendous worries of war and revolution and public affairs, who is ignorant of what he endured of private woe; and no one rightly judges the unfortunate partner of his elevation and unwitting cause of many of his miseries, who forgets that she had eaten on the insane root that takes the reason prisoner. The country knows something of the strangeness of Mrs. Lincoln's conduct after her husband's death; but many of the most extraordinary incidents in her career were not revealed at the time, out of delica
Meade (search for this): chapter 41
. But Mrs. Grant finally prevailed upon her to wait till the whole party alighted, and then General Meade came up to pay his respects to the wife of the President. I had intended to offer Mrs. Lincoln my arm, and endeavor to prevent a scene, but Meade, of course, as my superior, had the right to escort her, and I had no chance to warn him. I saw them go off together, and remained in fear and twhat might occur in the presence of the foreign minister and other important strangers. But General Meade was very adroit, and when they returned Mrs. Lincoln looked at me significantly and said: GeGeneral Meade is a gentleman, sir. He says it was not the President who gave Mrs. Griffin the permit, but the Secretary of War. Meade was the son of a diplomatist, and had evidently inherited some of Meade was the son of a diplomatist, and had evidently inherited some of his father's skill. At night, when we were back in camp, Mrs. Grant talked over the matter with me, and said the whole affair was so distressing and mortifying that neither of us must ever mentio
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