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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 47 : third election to the Senate . (search)
Chapter 47: third election to the Senate.
When the session of Congress ended, July 17, 1862, the military situation was no more hopeful than at the beginning.
Grant had indeed won a substantial victory at Fort Donelson; New Orleans had been taken; and Farragut with his squadron held command of the Lower Mississippi.
The reduction of Vicksburg was essential to the opening of the river; but that point could not yet be attained.
The hope of the nation had centred for months on McClellan's army, which, after a final reverse before Richmond, retired to Harrison's Landing, where it remained when the session closed.
Antislavery senators were charged with interfering with McClellan's plans, and Wilson in an open letter denied the charge for himself and his colleague.
Sumner's term was to expire March 4, 1863, and the choice of his successor was to be made by the legislature elected in November, 1862.
His other re-elections were not contested; but this time a spirited movement