. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . amination of the rec-ords twenty years ago, and the best estimates at theWar Records office to-day do not vary greatly fromthat number. Third. It is certain that Kentucky, Missouri, andMaryland furnished far more troops to the Northernthan to the Southern side, which, considering the factthatthese States were occupied almost entirely by Uniontroops, is not surprising. Phisterer credits Maryland with 46,638 Union 109,111 Kentucky If General Sherman means by fair quota that theseStates contributed forces to the two armie
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . amination of the rec-ords twenty years ago, and the best estimates at theWar Records office to-day do not vary greatly fromthat number. Third. It is certain that Kentucky, Missouri, andMaryland furnished far more troops to the Northernthan to the Southern side, which, considering the factthatthese States were occupied almost entirely by Uniontroops, is not surprising. Phisterer credits Maryland with 46,638 Union 109,111 Kentucky If General Sherman means by fair quota that theseStates contributed forces to the two armies in the sameproportion as that existing between the total Northernand Southern armies, he may be near the truth. But ifhe means, as seems probable, that they contributedequal or nearly equal numbers to the two sides, he is aswide of the mark as he is in the points above noted. W. Allan. McDoNOlCH, M.\RVLAND, .April I4, ifi ABRAHAM LINCOLN: A HISTORY.*THE MISSISSIPPI AND SHILOH. BY JOHN G. NICOLAY AXD JOHN HAY, PRIVATE SECRETARIES TO THE THE MISSISSIPPI. SS a powerful supplement tothe L^nion victories in Ten-nessee, the military opera-tions \vest of the MississippiRiver next demand our at-tention. Under the vigor-ous promptings of Halleckwe left the army of GeneralCurtis engaged in his trying midwinter cam-paign in south-western Missouri. He madeready with all haste to comply with the orderto • push on as rapidly as possible and endthe matter with Price. His army obeyedeverj- order with cheerful endurance. Theycontend with mud, water, and snow and icemanfully, wrote Curtis under date of Feb-ruary I, 1862, and I trust they will not falterin the face of a more active foe. In the samespirit he encouraged his officers : The roads are indeed very bad, but they are worsefor the enemy than for us if he attempts to retreat., . The men should help the teams out of difficultywhen necessary, and all must understand that the ele-ments are to be considered serious obstacles, w
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