GRANT LIEUTENANT-GENERAL-FORESHADOWS OF AN- OTHER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION - ARMED BLACKS – WINSLOW SINKS THE Alabama - SONS OF LIBERTY CONSPIRACY-VIRGINIA AND GEORGIA CAMPAIGNS LINCOLN AND HIS PRESIDENCY. CHAPTER I. 1862. Second Stage of the War Initiated - The President Takes a Hand in Affairs at the West-Mill Springs Stanton Succeeds Cameron as Secretary of War-Grant and Fort Donelson Roanoke Island - Death in the White House. Personally, General McClellan had not been idle. He worked with zeal at his headquarters, and was also much in the saddle, riding rapidly with his staff from post to post of his long line, frequently returning at a late hour of the night. These cavalcades along the malarious borders of the Potomac, added to the neverending cares of his office, were more than even his robust powers could well endure. Before the close of December he had a violent attack of fever. For three weeks he kept his bed, and was still longer detained from regular duty. Early in November he had given detailed instructions to the commanders of the two Western armies. vol. ii.—I |