Identifier: abrahamlincolnhi03nico (find matches)
Title: Abraham Lincoln; a history
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Nicolay, John G. (John George), 1832-1901 Hay, John, 1838-1905
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents -- United States United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York, The Century Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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move mycommand. I then arranged withCaptain Foster to have all hisboats with ours ready between 5and 6. I did not select a laterhour because we were watchedevery night from about 9 oclock,and I must be over before thattime. Only one officer knew any-thing of it on the 26th, the day Iintended moving, and the menhad no suspicion of where theywere to go. I ordered their knap-sacks to be packed that morningwhen I sent them to their postsat the battery, and gave a stand-ing order that it was always to bedone. The first set of boats wasreported at the proper time, andI ordered one of the captains, whowas just then let into my confi-dence, to form a part of his com-pany with knapsacks on, andarmed for secret service underme. I then marched out of thefort, went to the beach, andembarked. We reached the fort,very much to the astonishmentof the 150 workmen who werein it, and I immediately tookpossession of the guard-room,had the muskets loaded, orderedthe workmen in, and closed thegates. —MS.
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