 This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly probable that this Administration will not be reelected.  Ulysses S. Grant - Page 173by Louis Arthur Coolidge - 1917 - 596 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David Herbert Donald - 1995 - 724 pages
...badly beaten. " On August 23, with Raymond's letter before him, he drafted and signed a memorandum: "This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly...Then it will be my duty to so co-operate with the President elect, as to save the Union between the election and the inauguration; as he will have secured... | |
 | Civil War Institute Gettysburg College Gabor S. Boritt Director - 1994 - 278 pages
...political and military victory, Lincoln prepared a memorandum for his cabinet to sign, sight unseen. 'This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly...re-elected. Then it will be my duty to so cooperate with the President elect, as to save the Union between the election and the inauguration; as he will have secured... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, G. S. Boritt - 1996 - 208 pages
...reprinted in Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, v. 6, p. 410. Rutgers University Press ( 1953, 1990). This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly...reelected. Then it will be my duty to so cooperate with the President elect, as to save the Union between the election and the inauguration; as he will have secured... | |
 | Don Fehrenbacher, Virginia Fehrenbacher - 1996 - 674 pages
...that he was supposedly indulging in this babble, Lincoln was actually writing a memorandum beginning: "This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly...that this Administration will not be re-elected."™ 29. The story of singing at Antietam was revived during the presidential campaign, and in September... | |
 | Albert Castel - 1996 - 244 pages
...that "it seems exceedingly probable that this Administration will not be reelected" and that therefore "it will be my duty to so cooperate with the President-elect, as to save the Union" prior to his inauguration, "as he will have secured his election on such ground that he cannot possibly... | |
 | Fletcher Pratt - 1997 - 466 pages
...the visitor left, Lincoln sat down and entered in his private journal—"This morning, as for many days past, it seems exceedingly probable that this...be my duty to so cooperate with the President-elect to save the Union between the election and the inauguration, as he will have secured his election on... | |
 | Gary W. Gallagher - 1999 - 276 pages
...such a critical low point during the summer of 1864 that Lincoln wrote his famous memorandum stating, "This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly...that this Administration will not be re-elected." Throughout the war, significant numbers of northerners chafed at suspensions of the writ of habeas... | |
 | Frances H. Kennedy - 1998 - 536 pages
...re-elected. Then it will he my duty to so co-operate w ith the President elect. as to save the Union hetween the election and the inauguration; as he will have secured his election on such ground that he can not possihly save it afterwards." Estimated Casualties: 4.455 US. 1.600 CS Areas oГ ihе battlefield.... | |
 | Paul M. Zall - 2003 - 220 pages
...a "blind memorandum" to be signed by each member of the Cabinet without reading it: 23 AUGUST 1864 This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly...Then it will be my duty to so co-operate with the President elect, as to save the Union between the election and the inauguration; as he will have secured... | |
 | Stephen Cushman - 1999 - 324 pages
...Grant's siege of Petersburg and about ten days before Atlanta fell to Sherman, Lincoln acknowledged that "it seems exceedingly probable that this Administration...Then it will be my duty to so co-operate with the President elect, as to save the Union between the election and the inauguration; as he will have secured... | |
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