GDG- bounces his tall hat off the floor
Dennis Lawrence
denlaw at fone.net
Sat May 10 10:13:24 CDT 2008
President and Secs. Chase and Stanton accompany Gen. Wool to landing
place near Willoughby Point where troops begin march to Norfolk.
Lincoln and Stanton return to Fortress Monroe, Va. Chase goes to
Norfolk with Wool. Chester D. Bradley, "President Lincoln's Campaign
against the Merrimac," Journal of the Illinois State Historical
Society 51 (Spring 1958):83.
President remains in Fortress Monroe all day. William E. Baringer,
"On Enemy Soil: President Lincoln's Norfolk Campaign," Abraham
Lincoln Quarterly 7 (March 1952):18-24.
Discovers that troops commanded by Col. Joseph B. Carr and Gen.
Mansfield are not taking part in attack on Norfolk. Infuriated he
bounces his tall hat off the floor and dictates orders involving
these troops. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Being for the
Most Part Contributions by Union and Confederate Officers, 4 vols.
(1884-1887; reprint, with a new introduction by Roy F. Nichols, New
York: T. Yoseloff, 1956), 2:152.
Retires to bed between 9 and 10 P.M. in Quarters No. 1. LeGrand B.
Cannon, Personal Reminiscences of the Rebellion, 1861-1866 (New York:
Burr Print. House, 1895), 159-62.
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