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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—Pennsylvania. (search)
Grant to beat a speedy retreat; whereas in the winter of 1864-65 the resources accumulated in Georgia enabled Sherman to accomplish his march to the coast, which two years previously would have been impossible. In the midst of these great difficulties the statesmen of the South found some encouragement and strong ground for hope in contemplating the difficulties which had likewise overtaken the government against which they were waging war. As we have stated elsewhere, the first Emancipation Proclamation of the President, that of September 22, 1862, by rendering the rupture between the Democratic party and the executive power irrevocable, had placed the latter, for the first time, face to face with a powerful constitutional opposition. It is true that its leaders had adopted a programme difficult to execute. Blaming Mr. Lincoln for the defeats of the Federal armies, they promised victory if they should attain power, and proposed to prosecute the war with greater vigor, while reno