Stoddard, William O. Dispatches from Lincoln’s White House: The Anonymous Civil War Journalism of Presidential Secretary William O. Stoddard. Edited by Michael Burlingame. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2002.

Washington, soldiers, Ellsworth, Zouaves, 1-2 Washington defenses, 2, 4 Winfield Scott, 2-3 Southerners in Washington, 3 Baltimore, 3 in Washington, 4 Confederate plans, 5 Confederate pickets, Alexandria, death of Ellsworth, 6-7 Lincoln plans, troops, 7 Scott strategy, 8 Business reviving, 8-9 Navy yard, 9 Inventions, patents, 9 Rumors, false alarms, 9 Death of Douglas, 10 Navy yard, 10 13th Infantry, 10 English opinion, 11 Troops strength, reinforcements, 11-12 Guerrillas, 12 Spies, 12 Three month volunteers, 13 Winfield Scott, 13 Lincoln message to Congress, 13-14 Levee, 14 John C. Breckinridge, 14-15 Office seekers, 15 Bull Run, 15-16, 18 McClellan, 16 Outrages by soldiers, 16 McClellan, 17 New regiments, 17 Get rid of secessionist officeholders, 17 Price , 17-18 Military preparations, 19 Treasury, 19 Corruption, 19-20 Cabinet vacations, Mary Lincoln, 20 Insubordination, mutiny of 79th New York, 21 McClellan, 21-22 Beauregard is coming, 22 Potter investigation of loyalty of government employees, 22

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Inventions, 22 Newspaper reporters, 23 European diplomacy, 23-24 New York politics, 24 McClellan ill, 24 McClellan sabbath proclamation, 25 Government loans, 25-26 Corrals, horses, 26 Forts, 26 Democratic convention in Syracuse, 26 McClellan, 27 Lincoln and Frémont, 27 Newspapers and cabinet, 28 Germans, 28-29 Marching, 29 Planters, 29 Detectives, 29-30 Arms, 30 Frémont, 31 Note signers, 31 Religion in the north, 31 Wilson’s Creek, 31 Kentucky, Frémont, 32 Remedying defects in government, overworked Lincoln, 32 Belief in Confederate army as gentlemen, 33 Exaggeration of Confederate morale, 33 Session of Congress, 33 Frémont, 33-35 Horror, vengeance, 34 Treasury notes, 35 Morale among soldiers, McClellan, 35-36 People learning about the central government, 36 McClellan movement, 37 Nicknames and new terms, 37 Potomac batteries, 37 Naval expedition, Port Royal, 37-38 Frémont, 38 Lincoln’s mood, 38 East Room, 38 practice, 38-39 Ball’s Bluff, Edward Baker, 39 Ellsworth avengers, 40 Scott, McClellan, 41 Foreign sympathy for aristocratic south, 42 Germans, Sigel, Blenker, 41-42 McClellan, 43-44

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Cabinet and generals, 44 Meeting of Congress, 44-45 White House, 45 Blenker, 45 Congress, absence of Douglas, Breckinridge, Crittenden, Baker, 45-46 Mail, 46 Flag presentation, 47 Congressional discussions, 47-48 Congress and administration, 48 Foreign relations, 48-49 Mary Lincoln receptions, 49 Congress, emancipation, opposition, 49 McClellan, 49-50 Foreign relations, Lincoln confidence, 51-52 Congress, finances, 52-53 Corruption, 53-54 Measles, smallpox, 54 Overcrowded Washington, rent, salary, 54 Sherman and franking, 54-55 Optimism in Washington, 55 Alcohol, 56 Western theater victories, 57 Relief of McClellan as general in chief, 57 Finances, 57 Europe, 57 White House ball, 58 roads, mud, 58 Senator Bright, 58 Lincoln and Stanton, rebellion reaching its climax, 58-59 Burnside expedition, 59 Western victories, 59 War Department plan, McClellan, 60-61 Stanton, 61 Congress, 61 Movements of the army, 61 Lincoln, death of Willie, Cameron, Stanton, 62 Fort Donelson prisoners, 62 Monitor and Merrimac, ironclads, 63-64 McClellan’s position, 65-66 Lincoln, Stanton, 66 Northern enterprise in Washington, 67 Confidence and good will of the people, 67 Island No. 10, 67-68 Paper money, Treasury notes, 68 Military crisis, 69 Pass system, 69-70

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End of recruiting, 70 William Howard Russell, 70 Wooden guns at Centreville, 70 , Buell, Grant, 71 Shiloh, 71 Frémont, 71 McClellan and Yorktown, 71-72 Emancipation in Washington, 72 Confiscation, 72-73 Police, gambling, 73 McClellan, Frémont, Banks, Foote, 73 Chase and Lincoln, 73-74 Brigadier generals, 74-75 Public buildings in Washington, 75 McClellan, McDowell, 75-76 Sunday battles, 76 Washington amusements, 76 Van Wyck committee investigating government contractors, 76-77 Speculation on cabinet changes, 77 Emancipation, Washington, courts, , 77-78 , 78 Parties, 78-79 Norfolk, McClellan, Lincoln, 79 Political parties, 79 Colonization, , 79 Pacific railroad bill, 80 Revolution and progress, 80 Burnside, , Governor Stanly, 81 McClellan, 82 Lincoln, Soldiers’ Home, 82 Churches as hospitals, 82 Sick and wounded, 82-83 McClellan, Banks, Frémont, 83 George Francis Train, 84 , foreign relations, 84 Seven Days, McClellan, 85-86 Tax bill, Pacific railroad bill, polygamy, 86 Women, sick and wounded, Washington, 86 Mediocrity in Congress, 87 Public credit, internal improvements, 87-88 Sources of Lincoln’s power, 88-89 Recruits, 89 Hope for the Confederates, 89 Lincoln and McClellan, 90 New York newspapers, 90-91 Halleck, military movements, 91

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Guerrillas, 91 Cabinet rumors, 91-92 Morale, southern resources, 92 , , 93 Halleck, 93 New troops, 94 Guerrillas, 94-95 Little neutrality, 95 Wendell Phillips, 95-96 Office seekers, 96 White House grounds, Marine band, 96 Signs of mourning, 96-97 Rumors, 97 Military struggle, Pope, 97-98 Lincoln letter to Greeley, 98 Fraud, 98-99 Tax collectors, 99 Morale, 99 Confederates in Maryland, 99-100 McClellan, 100 Washington and Lincoln, 101 Sigel, McDowell, 101 Rumors, 101 McClellan commanding forces in Washington, 191 Raid, 102 Democrats and the war, 102 McClellan as organizer, 103 Lincoln, runaway horse, 103 Washington safe, 104 Antietam, 104-5 Halleck, new campaign plans, 105 Criticism of administration, McClellan, Stanton, 106 Confederate newspapers claim victories, 106-7 Emancipation Proclamation, 107 Governors meeting, McClellan, Frémont, 108 Coming struggle in Virginia, 108-9 English neutrality, 109-110 Tide of the war, 109-110 1862 elections, 110 Rumors about cabinet divisions, 110-11 Confederate and peace rumors, 111 Bickering among northern military, 111 Lincoln visit to army, McClellan, 112 Emancipation Proclamation, 112-13 Western campaigns, Rosecrans, 113-14 Elections, 114-15

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Soldier pay, 115 Heroic recruits, 115 Claims agents, 115-16 Good weather, time to move, Kearny, McClellan, 116-17 Elections, 117 Rain, 117 Guerrillas, 118 Foreign relations, 118 Letter of marque, 118-19 Elections, 119 Removal of McClellan, Buell, 119-21 McClellan, Burnside, 121 New York, Treasury, finance, 122 Lincoln kindly and hardworking, 122 Lincoln and emancipation, 122-23 Fredericksburg, 123 Thanksgiving, 123 Southern worries about slave insurrection, 123 Churches as hospitals, 123-24 Congress and Lincoln’s message, 124 Copperheads, 125 Military courts, 125 Burnside, Fredericksburg, 126 Cabinet, Browning, Holt, Usher, 126 West Virginia, 126 Greenbacks, loans, 127 Christmas dinner, 127 Burnside, Fredericksburg, 127-29 Cabinet crisis, newspapers, 128 Military situation at end of 1862, 129-30 , 130 Emancipation Proclamation. 131 Stones River, 131-32 Foreign relations, 132 , 132 High prices in Washington, 132 Cabinet, Usher, assistant secretaries, 133-34 Presidential reception, 134 New party alignments, 134 Danger of division in the North, 134-35 Black soldiers, 135 Chase, currency and loan bill, 135 Copperheads, 136-37 Congress and the administration, 136-37 Washington society, 137 Seward and French mediation, 137

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Impending battles, 138 Congressional legislation, 138-39 Mud, 139-40 Hooker, demoralized soldiers, 140 Washington society, 140 Chase, finance, gold prices, 141 Desperate condition of Confederates, gold prices, 142 Black regiments, 142 Public buildings being constructed, 142-43 English opinion, 143 Dangerous confidence in newspapers, 143-44 Conscription, 144 Visitors and Lincoln, 145 Complaints, and suffering of the war, 145-46 Elections, 146 Newspaper, 146 Fasting, humiliation, and prayer, 147 Charleston, Vicksburg, newspapers, 147 Morale, 148 Lincoln visit to army, McClellan, 148 Inventions, 149 Hooker, 149-50 Conscription, 150 Army occupation, building a new south, 150-51 Washington, charter elections, 151 Hooker, Chancellorsville, 151-52 European opinion, 152-53 Treasury, 153 Union cause gaining, morale, 153-54 Death of Stonewall Jackson, 154-55 Black soldiers, 155 Health of the army, 155-56 Vicksburg, 156 Rumors about General Lee, 156 Death of General Kirby, 157 Washington, charter election, 157 Courage in army, 157-58 Admiral Foote, Charleston, 158 Rumors about Lee, 158 , 158-59 National resources, 159 Lee’s movements, 159-60 Lincoln letter to Albany Democrats, 160 Vallandigham nomination, Ohio, 160-61 July 4, 161-62 Meade, McClellan, 162

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Banks, Port Hudson, Bragg, Tullahoma, 162 Handwriting on the wall for the Confederates, 162-63 Black soldiers, 163 New York and Vicksburg, 164 Lee’s peril, 164-65 No compromising with , Copperheads, 165-66 Fall campaign, 166-67 Copperheads, 167 Emancipation policy, 167-68 East , 168-69 Foreign affairs, 169 Political condition of the country, 169 Washington, building, 169-70 Tennessee, 170-71 speech, 171-72 Rosecrans, Chattanooga, 172 Siege of Charleston, 172-73 European diplomacy, 173 Planning for after the war, 173-74 Rosecrans, Chickamauga, 174-75 Charleston, 175 Going after cities vs. armies, 175-76 Marching and army movements, 176-77 Missouri radicals, Schofield, 177 Mary Lincoln, 177 Meade and Army of the Potomac, 177 Rosecrans, Chattanooga, Bragg, Confederate expectations to reoccupy Tennessee and Kentucky, 178-79 Charleston, Gillmore, Dahlgren, 179 United States and other republicans, 179-80 Meade and Army of the Potomac, 180-81 Wall Street speculators, 181 1863 elections, 181-82 Grant and Chattanooga, 182-83 Meade and Lee, 183 Lincoln and Schofield, 183 Presidential election maneuvering, 183-84 European entanglements, 184 Pacific railroad, 184 Grant, 185 Years of the war, Chickamauga, 185-86 Confederate Congress, 186 New York elections, 187-88 Chattanooga, 187-88 Foreign newspapers, 188-89 Picket duty, speculations on the war, 189-90

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Chattanooga, 190 Conditions in the South, 190-91 Wedding of Senator Sprague and Kate Chase, 191 Grant, Chattanooga, 191 General Banks in Texas, 192 Thanksgiving, ministers, 192-93 Congress, 193 Mine Run, 193 Lincoln message and amnesty proclamation, 195 Congress, 196 Lincoln, 197 European newspapers, 197 Levee, 198-99 Winter quarters, 199-200 Taxes, 200-1 Louisiana and Arkansas, 201 Washington Sanitary Fair, 201 Washington dull, 202-4 Threats to Washington over, 203 Smallpox, 204 Maryland constitution, 204 Seward-Adams correspondence, 205 Washington, Fernando Wood party, 205 Grant, Lieutenant General, 206 Diplomatic corps dinner, Lincoln, 207 Congress, copperheads and radicals, 207 Presidential election, 208 Army movements, 208-9 Plans for campaign, 209-10 Confederate news, 210 Congress, 210 Sanitary Fair, 210-11 Democratic opposition, 211 European opinion, 211-12 March 4, recalls inauguration, 212-13 Florida, 213 Grant and Sherman, 213-14 Chase, Pomeroy Circular, 214 Republican convention, 214 Kilpatrick raid, 215 North Carolina, 215 Louisiana election, Hahn, 215-16 Grant, Lieutenant General, Halleck, 216-18 Spring elections, Copperheads, 216 Congress, whiskey business, tariffs, 216-17 Treasury loan, bonds, 217

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Death Ulric Dahlgren, 218 Congress, tax and tariff bills, 218-19 Chase withdrawal from presidential race, 219 Foreign relations, 219 Grant, 219-20 Congress, Sumner, 220 Maryland farms, 221 Sanitary Commission, 221 Grant, McClellan, mud, 221-24 Black flag, Fort Pillow, 222-23 Congress, tax bill, 223 Congress, 224-25 London Times, 225 Mexico, Monroe Doctrine, 225 Rains, military movements, 225 Critics of Grant campaign, 225-26 Confederates desperate, 226-27 Benjamin Butler, 227 Sherman, 227 Treasury Department investigation, 228 State Department building, 228 Fort Pillow, retaliation, 228 Grant, Butler, 226-27 Rumors, 229 Grant and Lee, earthworks, 229-30 Baltimore convention, Arkansas delegation, 230-31 Results of war and sacrifice, 231 Grant and Lee, 231-32 campaign, 232 Wounded heroes, 232 Confederate prisoners’ dilemmas, 232-33 Tariff bill, 233 Grant and Lee, 233-34 Sherman, 234 Congress and amnesty proclamation, 234-35 Baltimore convention, vice presidency, 235 Grant’s flank movements, 235-36 Western theater and Trans-Mississippi, 236-37 Black soldiers, 237 Congress, Chase, tax, debt, 238 Morale, foreign affairs, 239 Grant’s plans, 239-40 Chase resignation, 240 Invasion of Maryland, Valley, 241 Memories of the war, 241-42 , 243

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Little Rock, Arkansas, 244 Kirby Smith, 245 Reelection of Lincoln, 246 Sheridan in the Valley, 246 Memphis and cotton trade, 246-47 Steamboat, Arkansas, General Canby, Little Rock, Unionists, labor question, 247-51

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