"caught my hand..."it is great!"": Entry for July 7, 1863, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 364.
"The Father...to the sea": AL to James C. Conkling, August 26, 1863, CW, VI, p. 409.
"The rebel troops"...about thirty thousand: Charles A. Dana to EMS, July 5, 1863, reel 5, Stanton Papers, DLC.
"I write this now...and I was wrong": AL to USG, July 13, 1863, in CW, VI, p. 326.
a large crowd..."the beginning of the end": NYH, July 8, 1863.
the official bulletins were read..."beasts at sunrise": Brooks, Mr. Lincoln"s Washington, p. 201.
Mary"s carriage accident: Star, July 2, 1863; NYH, July 11, 1863; Boyden, Echoes from Hospital and White House, pp. 14344; Pinsker, Lincoln"s Sanctuary, pp. 10204, 10506.
"never quite recovered...of her fall": Robert Todd Lincoln, quoted in Helm, The True Story of Mary, p. 250.
"complete his work...destruction of Lee"s army": AL to Henry W. Halleck, [July 7, 1863], in CW, VI, p. 319.
both Halleck and Lincoln urged Meade: Henry W. Halleck to George G. Meade, July 8, 1863, OR, Ser. 1, Vol. XXVII, Part III, p. 605; note 1 of AL to Henry W. Halleck, [July 7, 1863], in CW, VI, p. 319.
Robert Lincoln later said..."his vindication": "[Robert Todd Lincoln"s Reminiscences, Given 5 January 1885]," in Nicolay, An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln, pp. 8889.
he nonetheless failed to move..."anxious and impatient": "13 July 1863, Monday," in Hay, Inside Lincoln"s White House, p. 62.
he received a dispatch from Meade: "14 July 1863, Tuesday," in ibid., p. 62; Circular, Army of the Potomac, July 14, 1863, in OR, Ser. 1, Vol. XXVII, Part III, p. 690; Sauers, "Gettysburg, Battle of," in Encyclopedia of the American Civil War, ed. Heidler and Heidler, p. 836.
Stanton was reluctant to share...president "was not": Entry for July 14, 1863, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 370.
Lincoln caught up..."and discouraged": Entry for July 14, 1863, ibid., p. 371.
"Our Army held...we did not harvest it": AL, quoted in "19 July 1863, Sunday," in Hay, Inside Lincoln"s White House, pp. 6465.
his profound grat.i.tude..."never sent, or signed": AL to George G. Meade, July 14, 1863, Lincoln Papers.
Meade"s failure to attack..."I might run away": Carpenter, Six Months at the White House, pp. 21920.
the draft: Samantha Jane Gaul, "Conscription, U.S.A.," in Encyclopedia of the American Civil War, ed. Heidler and Heidler, p. 487.
Governor Seymour had told...the black man: Governor Horatio Seymour, quoted in John G. Nicolay and John Hay, Abraham Lincoln: A History, Vol. VII (New York: Century Co., 1917), p. 17.
Daily News..."kill off Democrats": New York Daily News, quoted in ibid., p. 18.
A provision in the Conscription Act: Gaul, "Conscription, U.S.A.," in Encyclopedia of the American Civil War, ed. Heidler and Heidler, p. 488.
"a rich man"s war and a poor man"s fight": Sandburg, Abraham Lincoln: The War Years, Vol. II, p. 362.
the first day of the draft proceeded: NYT, July 14, 1863; Nicolay and Hay, Abraham Lincoln, Vol. VII, p. 18.
"Scarcely had two dozen"...continued unchecked for five days: NYT, July 14, 1863 (quotes); NYT, July 16, 1863; Sandburg, Abraham Lincoln: The War Years, Vol. II, p. 360; Gaul, "Conscription, U.S.A." and "New York City Draft Riots (1317 July 1863)," in Encyclopedia of the American Civil War, ed. Heidler and Heidler, pp. 488, 141415.
"the all engrossing topic of conversation": Brooks, Mr. Lincoln"s Washington, p. 219.
"have the power for a week": SPC to William Sprague, July 14, 1863, reel 27, Chase Papers.
The mob violence finally ended...go forward: NYT, July 18, 1863.
Auburn"s draft..."apprehension of a riot": FAS to Augustus Seward, July 20, 1863, reel 115, Seward Papers.
she reported that Copperheads...riots in New York: FAS to WHS, July 18, 1863, reel 114, Seward Papers.
several Irishmen fought...the Seward home: FAS to WHS, June 28, 1863, reel 114, Seward Papers; FAS to WHS, July 12, 1863, reel 114, Seward Papers; FAS to FWS, July 23, 1863, reel 115, Seward Papers.
Frances awoke one morning..."I possessed": Janet W. Seward, "Personal Experiences of the Civil War," Seward Papers, NRU.
"Do not give yourself...not without benefit": WHS to FAS, July 21, 1863, in Seward, Seward at Washington...18611872, p. 177.
"As to personal injury...willing to a.s.sist them": FAS to WHS, July 18, 1863, reel 114, Seward Papers.
everyone was "somewhat"...police force: FAS to FWS, July 23, 1863, reel 115, Seward Papers.
"The best of order...Our recent victories": NYT, July 24, 1863.
Seward had predicted..."up a long time": WHS to [FAS], July 17, 1863, quoted in Seward, Seward at Washington...18611872, p. 176.
"incitement...resist the government": FAS to WHS, July 15, 1863, reel 114, Seward Papers.
John Hay learned...handling of the situation: "25 July 1863, Sat.u.r.day," in Hay, Inside Lincoln"s White House, p. 67.
"lost ground...best men": John A. Dix to EMS, July 25, 1863, reel 5, Stanton Papers, DLC.
"The nation is great...in 1850 to 1860!": WHS to [FAS], July 25, 1863, quoted in Seward, Seward at Washington...18611872, p. 177.
"President was in...sack Phil-del": "19 July 1863, Sunday," in Hay, Inside Lincoln"s White House, pp. 64, 306 n80.
"A few days having pa.s.sed...a true man": AL to Oliver O. Howard, July 21, 1863, in CW, VI, p. 341.
the six straight hours...power to pardon: JH to JGN, [July 19, 1863], in Hay, At Lincoln"s Side, p. 45.
Hay marveled..."instead of shooting him": "18 July 1863, Sat.u.r.day," in Hay, Inside Lincoln"s White House, p. 64.
Lincoln acknowledged..."upon him unawares": Eaton, Grant, Lincoln and the Freedmen, p. 180.
"overcome by a physical...the battle begins": "Conversation with Hon. J. Holt, Washington Oct 29 1875," in Nicolay, An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln, p. 69.
Rather than fearing...deserters were executed: Eaton, Grant, Lincoln and the Freedmen, p. 180.
"where meanness or cruelty were shown": "18 July 1863, Sat.u.r.day," in Hay, Inside Lincoln"s White House, p. 64.
the case of a captain..."Count Peeper": "[JulyAugust 1863]," in ibid., p. 76.