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Title: Abraham Lincoln : a history
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Nicolay, John G. (John George), 1832-1901 Hay, John, 1838-1905, joint author
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents
Publisher: New York : Century Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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ce couldbe expected from the Confederate Government. Feb. 5,1863. General Lee wrote to Jefferson Davis in the samesense, saying also that he expected an advance onthe part of General Hooker; but adding, the troopsof this army are ready to move at a momentsw. r. warning and all I require is notice where they areP! 766. wanted, and twelve days later Beauregard issued astirring proclamation couched in the grandiloquentterms characteristic of him, urging non-combatantsto retire at once from Charleston and Savannah,and ending with this clamorous appeal: Caro-linians and Georgians! the hour is at hand toprove your devotion to your countrys cause. Letall able-bodied men from the sea-board to themountains rush to arms. Be not exacting in thechoice of weapons; pikes and scythes will do forexterminating your enemies; spades and shovels ibid., p. 782. for protecting your friends. The Governor thenext day called out the militia, saying: The Abo-litionists are threatening to invade our soil with a
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REAR-ADMIRAL, JOHN HODGERS. DU PONT BEFORE CHARLESTON 67 formidable army, and ... the most effective chap. in.method of defending our firesides, our wives, w.r. Vol. XIV. and our children is to meet the ruthless invader p- ?8±. at the threshold. General Beauregard remained in this nervousstate during the two months that intervened beforethe attack. He was continually writing to Rich-mond in regard to the overwhelming land forces ofthe enemy; striving, like some of the Federal gen-erals, to put the Government in the wrong in caseof a defeat and to secure for himself all the creditin case of victory. He claimed that Hunters forcewas 40,000, while his own was only 25,000. Writingto Mr. Memminger on the 28th of March, he said that wea.he needed three more brigades of troops, but hehoped if we are not successful, while the countrymay deplore, it will have no just cause to blush forour defeat. His apprehensions reached their climax ibid., P. 849.when the ironclads appeared off Charleston h

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