. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . about arming the blacks. That branchof the discussion, while it occurred at the same time,had exclusive reference to the military order quotedon pa^e 291, also then under Warden, « Life of S. P. Chase, p. 44°- 294 MINC—A PLOT. result was that I put the draft of the proclamationaside, as you do your sketch for a picture, waitingfor victory. Instead of the proclamation thus laid away,a short one was issued three days after, simplycontaining the warning required by the sixthsection of the Confiscation Act. The alreadyquoted mili
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . about arming the blacks. That branchof the discussion, while it occurred at the same time,had exclusive reference to the military order quotedon pa^e 291, also then under Warden, « Life of S. P. Chase, p. 44°- 294 MINC—A PLOT. result was that I put the draft of the proclamationaside, as you do your sketch for a picture, waitingfor victory. Instead of the proclamation thus laid away,a short one was issued three days after, simplycontaining the warning required by the sixthsection of the Confiscation Act. The alreadyquoted military order to make seizures underthe act had been issued on the day when the proclamation was discussed and postponermeanwhile the Government, by its new militagarrangements, sending reenforcements to Ml jClellan, organizing a new army under PopeJand calHng Halleck from the West to exercisea_ superior and guiding control over a com-bined campaign towards Richmond, seemed tohave provided the needful requirements forearly and substantial Lincoln as a Military Man.* pHE recent publication in The Century, in the1 Xicolay and Hay history of Abraham Lincohi, ofdocuments, letters, etc. hitherto inaccessible to thepublic has shown the phenomenal superiority in civilmatters of this man of men to his associates and hissurroundings. Whether as a publicist, diplomate,statesman, constitutional lawyer, or politician, hehad no equal in those fateful and momentous daysfrom 1861 to 1865. ^ There are some who estimate his military ability asequal to his civil. My own reading of and acquaint-ance wuh the war of the Rebellion led me to enter-tam thisopmion some years since, albeit my such matters is not entitled to weight enough towarrant its publication. ^ But of all war-students none was so well qualifiedto speak u-ith authority on this point as ?he lateColonel Robert X. .Scott. His intimate personal ac!quaintance with the prominent actors in that war, his^aned persona e
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