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Identifier: abrahamlincolnba01newy (find matches)
Title: Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War
Year: 1886 (1880s)
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Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Generals Generals
Publisher: (New York, N.Y.) : (The Century Co.)
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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mmanded theconfidence and respect of all who knew hun.He was a strict disciplinarian, and perhapsdid not distinguish sufiiciently the difterencebetween the volunteer who enlisted for thewar and the soldier who serves in time ofpeace. One svstem embraced men who riskedlife for a principle, and often men of socialstanding, competence, or wealth, and inde-pendence of character. The other includes,as a rule, onlv men who could not do as wellin any other occupation. General Buell be-came an object of harsh criticism later, somegoing so far as to challenge his loyalty. Noone who knew him e\er believetl him capableof a dishonorable act, and nothing could bemore dishonorable than to accejit high rankand command in war and then betray histrust. When I came into command of thearmy, in 1S64, I requested the Secretary ofWar to restore General Buell to duty. After the war, during the summer of 1865, I travel-ed con-siderablythroughthe Northand wasevery-wheremet bylargenumbersof peo-ple. Ev-ery one
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Bl ELL S TRCXJlS IjKIJAKKING AT PI 1 1 ^1; had his opinion about the manner in whichthe war had been conducted; who amongthe generals had failed, how, and why. Cor-respondents of the press were ever on handto hear every word dropped, and were notalways disposed to report correctly whatdid not confirm their preconceived notions,either about the conduct of the war orthe indi\iduals concerned in it. The oppor-tunity frequently occurred for me to defendGeneral Buell against what I believed tobe most unjust charges. On one occasiona correspondent put in my mouth the verycharge I had so often refuted—of disloyalty.This brought from General Buell a very se-vere retort, which I saw in the New York Wo;-ld some time before I received theletter itself. I could very well understand hisgrievance at seeing untrue and disgracefulcharges apparently sustained by an officerwho, at the time, was at the head of the army.I replied to him, but not through the press. Ikept no copy of my letter, nor did I

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