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John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana, Preface (search)
John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana, Chapter 16 : Dana returns to Washington (search)
Chapter 16: Dana returns to Washington
Duty in War Department
letters to Colonel Wilson
Joins Rosecrans
campaign and battle of Chickamauga
despatches and letters from Chattanooga
Grant ordered to Chattanooga
Meets Stanton at Louisville
Dana was the first man from Vicksburg to reach Washington, and although he was anxious to rejoin his family for a few days' rest, and was besought by his friends, George Opdyke, the merchant, and Mr. Ketchum, the banker, to go into business, at the earnest solicitation of Stanton he concluded to remain in the service of the War Department.
He had been appointed assistant secretary during the Vicksburg campaign, but probably for the reason that Congress had not yet authorized a second assistant his name was not sent to the Senate for confirmation to that office till January 20, 1864.
It should, however, be noted that it was acted on almost immediately.
It will be remembered that the double victory of Vicksburg and Gettysburg mark
John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana, Chapter 18 : Dana in the War Department (search)
Chapter 18: Dana in the War Department
Conferences with Lincoln and Stanton
plan of campaign in Alabama
letters to Wilson
extraordinary capacity for work
supervision of army contractors
Grant Lieutenant-General
Rawlins chief of staff
estimate of Lincoln
Dana arrived at Washington about the middle of December.
On the 19th he informed me that as yet he had seen no one in authority, and I reported the fact to General Grant, who had gone to Nashville on the 18th for the purpose of completing arrangements for pushing the campaign in east Tennessee.
Rawlins had gone North to be married.
On December 21, 1863, at 6 P. M., Dana telegraphed General Grant in substance that after a detailed explanation the President, the Secretary of War, and General Halleck had fully approved his project of a winter campaign in Alabama, not only because it would keep the army active during the rainy season, but because it appears to have been well conceived and certain of producing the d
John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana, Chapter 19 : Grant 's overland campaign against Richmond (search)
John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana, Chapter 21 : administration of War Department (search)
John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana, Index (search)