. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . 3fer If AFTER General McClellan had writtenthe article on the Peninsular Campaign(published in The Century for May, 1885),he was requested to write an account of thebattle of Antietam, which he promised to doat his leisure. He had kept the promise inmind, and as occasion served had sketchedintroductory portions of the proposed the morning, after his sudden death, thesemanuscript pages were found on his table,with some others freshly written, possibly onthe previous day or evening. There was alsoan unsealed note to one of the edito
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . 3fer If AFTER General McClellan had writtenthe article on the Peninsular Campaign(published in The Century for May, 1885),he was requested to write an account of thebattle of Antietam, which he promised to doat his leisure. He had kept the promise inmind, and as occasion served had sketchedintroductory portions of the proposed the morning, after his sudden death, thesemanuscript pages were found on his table,with some others freshly written, possibly onthe previous day or evening. There was alsoan unsealed note to one of the editors (inreply to one he had received), in which hesaid that he would at once proceed with thearticle and finish it. It was his custom in writing for the pressto make a rapid but complete sketch, oftenabbreviating words and leaving blanks formatter to be copied from documents, thento rewrite the entire article for publication. Itwould seem that in this case he had first in. ROSTRUM IN THE NATIONAL CEMETERY AT SHARlSUL Kt>.(FROM A RECENT PHOTOGRAPH.) On Memorial Day of last year, General McClellan ad-dressed from this rostrum a lars;e assembly of membersof the Army of the Republic.—Editor. Vol. XXXII.—14. mind the considera-tion stated in thesecond paragraphof the article, andhad given his atten-tion to the history ofthe army, from the close of the Seven Days battles to the advancefrom Washington toward South Mountainand Antietam. There was no manuscript re-lating to later events. He had commem edwhat appears to be his final copy of this firstportion of the article, but had completed onlyabout three pages of foolscap, which extendin the print below to a place indicated. It is an interesting fact that in this finalcopy the paragraph commencing with thewords So long as life lasts was apparentlythe last written, being on a separate page andindicated by a letter A for insertion where itstands. This tribute of admiration for thearmy which loved him as l
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