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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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mined to construct a canal-boat bridge. Itwas discovered, however, when the atteni))!was made, that the lift-lock from the canalto the river was too narrow for the boats bysome four or five inches, and I therefore de-cided to rebuild the railroad bridge, and con- Stanton without consulting me; his reason tent myself with occui)ying Chadestown until being that he supposed Stanton to be a great its completion, postponing to the same time friend ofmine, and that the appointment would the advance to Winchester. I had fully ex- naturally be satisfactory, and that he feared plained my intentions to the President and that if I had known it beforehand it would Secretary before leaving Washington, provid- be said that I had dragooned him into it. ing for jjrecisely such a contingency. While The more serious difficulties of my position at Harpers Ferry I learned that the Presi- began with Mr. Stantons accession to the War dent was dissatisfiefl with my action, and on 140 THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN
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cL-.^.-v- Uuc ac (_li,irirc^. Coiiitc lie Paris. Prince de JuiuviUe. Capt. Mohaiu. THE FRENCH OFFICERS AT DINNER. (FROM A PHOTOGRAPH.) The Comte de Paris and the Due de Chartres were aides on Gener.nl McClellans staff. Tlie Prince de Joinville was at headquarters unattached.Captain 1^ Clerc and Captain Mohain were in the iuite of the princes. reaching Washington I laid a full explana-tion before the Secretary, with which he ex-pres.sed himself entirely satisfied, and toUl methat the President was already so, and thatit was unnecessary for me to communicatewith him on the subject. I then proceededwith the preparations necessary to force theevacuation of the Potomac batteries. On thevery day appointed for the division com-manders to come to headquarters to re-ceive their final orders, the President sent forme. I then learned that he had received noexplanation of the Haryjers Ferry affair, andthat the Secretary was not authorized to makethe statement already referred to; but after my rep

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