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Title: Abraham Lincoln: a history
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Nicolay, John G. (John George), 1832-1901 Hay, John, 1838-1905
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Publisher: New York, The Century co.
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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d believing that Presi-dent Lincoln was fuUy justified in calling for troopsafter the seizure of the forts and arsenals. He wasimpatiently informed that a person of his sentiments could not live in Norfolk, to which he calmly re-plied, Well, then, I can live somewhere else. Ee-turning home immediately, with the feeling thatthe time for prompt action had arrived, he an-nounced to his wife his intention of sticking tothe flag, and said to her, This act of mine maycause years of separation from your family; soyou must decide quickly whether you wiU go Northor remain here. It is needless to say that herdecision was as prompt as his own, to go with herhusband. He left the city by the evening steamer with hisfamily, arriving in Baltimore the next day just afterthe mob had assaulted the Sixth Massachusetts.Eailroad connection with the North was akeadybroken, but he was lucky enough to secure passageto Philadelphia on a canal-boat, whence he pro-ceeded to New York and domiciled his famUy in a
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faekaguts victory 257 quiet village on the Hudson. The Q-overnment chap.xv.placed him at very necessary and useful but notprominent seivice; and for nine months, during allthe first heat and tumult of the rebellion, he re-mained comparatively unnoticed. But he lost noth-ing by biding his time; the department had notoverlooked him, and it now entrusted him with atask, the successful performance of which withinthree months brought him immediate and world-wide renown. About a month after Porter went toNew York to prepare his mortar flotilla, CaptainFarragut was called to Washington and confiden-tially informed of the duty he was expected to un-dertake. In return, Mr. Welles says, he gave hisunqualified approval of the original plan, adoptedit with enthusiasm, said it was the true way toget to New Orleans, and offered to run by the fortswith even a less number of vessels than we werepreparing for him, provided that number could •not be supplied. . . While he would not haveadvised the mo

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