File:Abraham Lincoln - a history (1890) (14594193468).jpg

Identifier: abrahamlinco2104nico (find matches)
Title: Abraham Lincoln : a history
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Nicolay, John G. (John George), 1832-1901 Hay, John, 1838-1905, joint author
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents
Publisher: New York : Century Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
were every-where called out, in various degrees of unreadiness.Every available man in Baltimore and Washing-ton was put into the trenches. Johnsons cavalrywas active in Northern Maryland; Harry Gilmorcaptured two passenger trains at Gunpowder River,backed one of them upon the great bridge, andburned bridge and train together. But the princi-pal object of Johnsons raid, the release of Con-federate prisoners at Point Lookout, was notaccomplished nor even attempted; the burningof Governor Bradfords house in the suburbs ofBaltimore gained the Confederate arms neithercredit nor advantage. It has been the habit of all military writers whohave discussed this campaign to represent the civildepartments of the Government as a prey to terrorand panic during this and the following day. Butthose who were at Richmond are not the best wit-nesses of what was taking place at Washington;neither Lincoln, nor Stanton, nor even Halleck,whom it is still more fashionable to abuse, lacked 166 ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Text Appearing After Image:
HATTLK OF THE MONOCA1 Y. chap. vii. coolness or energy in the emergency. They ofcourse recognized the fact that Washington wasimperfectly defended, and the possibility of itscapture; but they regarded this contingency ashighly improbable, and not satisfied with repulsingthe enemy, they were especially anxious that aforce strong enough to move out and destroyEarlys army should be put in motion for Wash-ington. Grant entirely agreed in this view. Ifthe rebel force, he said, now North, can be cap-tured or destroyed, I would willingly postponeaggressive operations to destroy them. He evenBadeau, offered, if the President thought it advisable, to mSoiyof leave everything at Petersburg on the defensive,Grant, and to start for Washington at an hours notice to pp. 436, i37. command in person the operations against Early.The President, in his anxiety to have the in-vading force destroyed, accepted this proposition, EARLYS CAMPAIGN AGAINST WASHINGTON 167 saying he thought there was really a fai

Note About Images