. A military genius. Life of Anna Ella Carroll, of Maryland ("the great unrecognized member of Lincoln's cabinet.") . l aid in establishingthe just rule that equal services, whether performed by manor woman, must always command equal recognition andreward. As a Marylander, I am proud that in the war of the re-bellion the Old Maryland line was so worthily repre-sented by you. Samuel T. Williams. The letters of eminent men in admiration of Miss Car-rolls papers, published and unpublished, would fill a vol-ume. These are only a portion of those published by orderof Congress. Senator Jacob Howard,
. A military genius. Life of Anna Ella Carroll, of Maryland ("the great unrecognized member of Lincoln's cabinet.") . l aid in establishingthe just rule that equal services, whether performed by manor woman, must always command equal recognition andreward. As a Marylander, I am proud that in the war of the re-bellion the Old Maryland line was so worthily repre-sented by you. Samuel T. Williams. The letters of eminent men in admiration of Miss Car-rolls papers, published and unpublished, would fill a vol-ume. These are only a portion of those published by orderof Congress. Senator Jacob Howard, of the Military Commission ap-pointed to inquire into Miss Carrolls services, in his reportof the 42d Congress, states— She did more for the country than all the militarygenerals. She showed where to fight and how to strike therebellion on the head, possessing withal judicial learningso comprehensive and concise in its style of argument thatthe Government gladly sat at her feet to learn the wisdomof its powers. This allusion to military services leads us to a still moreremarkable record of Miss Carrolls BENJAMIN F. WADE. CHAPTER IV. THE MILITARY SITUATION—GOES TO ST. LOUIS—INCEPTION OF THE PLAN OF THE TENNESSEE CAMPAIGN GIVES IN THE PLAN AT THE WAR DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT LIN-COLNS DELIGHT AT THE SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM ACCOUNT WRITTEN IN 1889 JUDGE WADE AT BULL RUN—FORMATION OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE CONDUCTOF THE WAR. Early in the fall of 1861 a gunboat fleet was under prep-aration to descend the Mississippi. It was a time of ex-treme peril, when the continuance of the Union dependedon immediate military success. The Union armies hadmet with repeated reverses. The Confederates were exult-ant and the European nations were expectant of the ap-proaching downfall of the United States had already put forth her hand to control Mexico,and although in England the Union had warm friends whostill hoped for its success, the general impression was thatits de
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