. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . thoroughly and systematically,and only needed a commander. The regardthe private soldiers felt for McClellan arosefrom a deep conviction that he would notneedlessly throw away our lives; that, withall his faults, he understood his trade. Warren Lee Goss. THE INTERPRETER. OH, well these places knew and loved us twain !The Genii softly laughed to see us kiss our blessed hands up climbed the grass,And on our pathway danced a flowery train;To counsel us each aged tree was all its leafy accents we could class;By symbol-circles on
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . thoroughly and systematically,and only needed a commander. The regardthe private soldiers felt for McClellan arosefrom a deep conviction that he would notneedlessly throw away our lives; that, withall his faults, he understood his trade. Warren Lee Goss. THE INTERPRETER. OH, well these places knew and loved us twain !The Genii softly laughed to see us kiss our blessed hands up climbed the grass,And on our pathway danced a flowery train;To counsel us each aged tree was all its leafy accents we could class;By symbol-circles on its polished glass,By chiming shallows, still the brook spake all is changed: I look and list in vain;As one who sits and hears a solemn mass,In other language, in an alien, fane,So I without thee in these haunts, alas!Am natures stranger—so must I remainTill, sweet interpreter ! thou come again. Edith M. Thomas. PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF U. S. , 1885, by U. S. Grant. All rights reserved. PREPARING FOR THE WILDERNESS MY commission as lieu-tenant-general HEADQUARTERS FLAG, ARMYOF THE POTOMAC* wasgiven to me on the 9thof March, 1864, Onthe following day Ivisited General Meade,commanding the Armyof the Potomac, at hisheadquarters. BrandyStation, north of theRapidan. I had knownGeneral Meade slightlyin the Mexican war,but had not met himsince until this visit. Iwas a stranger to mostof the Army of the Po-tomac, I might say toall except the officersofthe regular army whohad served in the Mexican war. There hadbeen some changes ordered in the organiza-tion of that army before my promotion. Onewas the consolidation of five corps intothree, thus throwing some officers of rank outof important commands. Meade evidentlythought that I might want to make still onemore change not yet ordered. He said to methat I might want an officer who had servedwith me in the West, mentioning Shermanespecially, to take his place. If so, he beggedme not to hesitate about ma
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