The History of the Civil War (Complete Edition). James Ford Rhodes
target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="#ulink_1beb7858-8532-5bf3-9362-5ea05f958997">2 There was also another order authorizing the suspension of the writ in Florida. Lincoln, C. W., II, 39, 45; Globe, 393.
3 III; IV, 229; N. & H.; Globe; Taney; Grimes; Dewey.
4 Morse, II, 5.
5 Approved Aug. 6.
6 III, 466-468.
7 Montgomery Blair, Postmaster-General, and F. P. Blair, Jr.
8 This paragraph also confiscated the real and personal property of the Confederates in Missouri, but as the reference to slaves gave the proclamation its importance, I have confined my attention to that provision. O. R., III, 466, 469.
9 All these letters but Herndon's were written during September.
10 During September, 1861.
11 J. Hay, I, 133.
12 Nicolay, 177.
13 Secretary of the Treasury. The date of the letter is Oct. 31. Washburne was not aware that Frémont’s removal had been determined. On Nov. 2, Frémont turned over his command to Hunter.
14 Oct. 20, Nov. 7, III; N. & H., IV; O. R., III; C. W., Pt. III; J. Hay, I; Nicolay; Pierce; Grimes.
15 O. R., V, 6.
16 O. R., V, 11.
17 Ante; III, 493.
18 O. R., V, 5.
19 Ibid., 10.
20 On Oct. 21, occurred on the Potomac above Washington the affair of Ball’s Bluff in which, owing to mismanagement, the Union forces were defeated. Measured by subsequent battles, the casualties were not large; but the death of Colonel Baker, a dear friend of Lincoln’s and a popular senator and officer, and the loss to New York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania of some of “the very pride and flower of their young men” caused a profound feeling of discouragement all over the North; still there was little tendency to impute this disaster to McClellan, although it occurred in his department. III, 496. The victory greatly elated the Confederate soldiers.
21 O. R., V, 884.
22 McClellan supposed Beauregard to be in command of the Confederate army, while he commanded only its first corps.
23 O. R., XI, Pt. III, 3.
24 Oct. 17, J. Hay, I, 45.
25 November. McClellan, 177.
26 N. & H., IV, 444.
27 Oct. 22, J. Hay, I, 46.
28 Ibid.
29 Ibid., 48.
30 J. Hay, I, 50.
31 During October the Confederates “had blocked the navigation of the Potomac by planting batteries on the Virginia side twenty or thirty miles down the river.” Webb 13, 168 et seq.; Ropes I, 181, 222; N. & H., IV, 450.
32 Young, II, 217.
33 W. Sherman, II, 193.
34 Written before the European War of 1914.
35 McClellan, 85. J. D. Cox wrote, “Johnston by common consent stands second and hardly second, to Lee alone of the Confederate generals.” The Nation, XVIII, 333.
36 McClellan, 176.
37 J. Hay, I, 52.
38 N. & H., IV, 468.
39 O. R., V, XI, Pt. III; III, I; N. & H., IV; J. Hay, I; III; Ropes, I; Webb; Johnston; B. & L., I.
40 Lord Russell, III, 418, n. 2.
41 “The other maritime powers waited for Great Britain to take the lead, because the extent of her dominions and commerce in North America made the question most important to her. Within a few weeks France, Spain, the Netherlands, Prussia and other nations followed her example.” Bancroft, II, 176.
42 III, 421.
43 Bancroft, II, 178 n.; C. F. A. M. H. S., XLV, 77.
44 III, 429.
45 This act approved March 2, 1861, was considered a measure of high protection by the English.
46 III, 433.