. Abraham Lincoln; a history . existed. There is some reason in Pember-tons claim that but for his poverty in mountedtroops Griersons raid would have been impossible,and Grant never could have advanced so easily ashe did from the river into the heart of the on the 12th of May, when Pemberton an- his purpose to meet the heavy force ofthe enemy advancing on the railroad, and askedfor an immediate reenforcement of three thousandcavalry, as a positive necessity, he might as wellhave asked for the moon. Van Dorn had just been May s, in a private quarrel; it was no
. Abraham Lincoln; a history . existed. There is some reason in Pember-tons claim that but for his poverty in mountedtroops Griersons raid would have been impossible,and Grant never could have advanced so easily ashe did from the river into the heart of the on the 12th of May, when Pemberton an- his purpose to meet the heavy force ofthe enemy advancing on the railroad, and askedfor an immediate reenforcement of three thousandcavalry, as a positive necessity, he might as wellhave asked for the moon. Van Dorn had just been May s, in a private quarrel; it was not possible togather up three thousand cavalry from any quarter,and Grants solid legions were bringing intelligenceof themselves with a rapidity that no dragoonscould have surpassed. It was on a train between TuUahoma andJackson that General Johnston received, on the13th of May, his first intimation of the criticalstate of affairs from General Pemberton; andthe first report he heard on arriving at the capi- 180 ABRAHAM LINCOLN. CHAMPIONS HILL AND BLACK KIVEE BRIDGE. Chap. VII. Johnstonto Seddou,May 13,1863. W. R. , Part I., p. 215. tal was General Greggs narrative to him, in person,of his defeat at Raymond. On the receipt of thisnews General Johnston, who was always extremelycareful to perfect his written record in case ofcontroversy arising between himself and his Gov-ernment, sent to Richmond this truthful but mostunpalatable dispatch: I arrived this evening,finding the enemys force between this place andGeneral Pemberton, cutting oif the communica-tion. I am too late. Whether it be that hiswounds and long illness had depressed his energies,or whether, in the circumstances of the case, it waspossible for him and General Pemberton to with- GEANTS may battles in MISSISSIPPI 181
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