 | Henry Clay Whitney - Presidents - 1908 - 420 pages
...touching it up here and there, anxiously watching the progress of events. Well, the next news we had was of Pope's disaster, at Bull Run. Things looked...Wednesday, that the advantage was on our side. I was TrTen staying at the Soldiers' Home (three miles out of Washington). Here I finished writing the second... | |
 | Wayne Whipple - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1908 - 828 pages
...the next news we had was of Pope's disaster at Bull Run (second Battle of Bull Run, August 30, 1862). Things looked darker than ever. Finally, came the...our side. I was then staying at the Soldiers' Home. Here I finished writing the second draft of the preliminary proclamation; came up on Saturday; called... | |
 | Wayne Whipple - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1908 - 762 pages
...the next news we had was of Pope's disaster at Bull Run (second Battle of Bull Run, August 30, 1862). Things looked darker than ever. Finally, came the...our side. I was then staying at the Soldiers' Home. Here I finished writing the second draft of the preliminary proclamation ; came up on Saturday ; called... | |
 | Francis Whiting Halsey - United States - 1912 - 228 pages
...touching it up here and there, anxiously watching the progress of events. Well, the next news we had was of Pope's disaster, at Bull Run. Things looked...Antietam.' I determined to wait no longer. The news came, I * The second battle of Bull Ron was fought on August 29, 1862. Lee commanded the Confederates. Antietam... | |
 | Confederate States of America - 1915 - 608 pages
...thus: "I put the draft of the proclamation aside, waiting for a victory. Well, the next news we had was of Pope's disaster at Bull Run. Things looked...our side. I was then staying at the Soldiers' Home. Here I finished writing the second draft of the proclamation, came up on Saturday, called the cabinet... | |
 | Henry Watson Wilbur - Biography & Autobiography - 1914 - 232 pages
...touching it up here and there, anxiously watching the progress of events. Well, the next news we had was of Pope's disaster, at Bull Run. Things looked...the second draft of the preliminary proclamation; came up on Saturday; called the Cabinet together to hear it, and it was published the following Monday."1... | |
 | Isaac Newton Arnold - Biography & Autobiography - 1994 - 492 pages
...anxiously waiting the progress of events. Well, the next news we had was of Pope's disaster at Bull Kun. Things looked darker than ever. Finally, came the...the second draft of the preliminary proclamation; came up on Saturday; called the Cabinet together to hear it, and it was published the following Monday."... | |
 | Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Biography & Autobiography - 1995 - 380 pages
...touching it up here and there, anxiously watching the progress of events. Well, the next news we had was of Pope's disaster, at Bull Run. Things looked...wait no longer The news came, I think, on Wednesday, tnat the advantage was on our side. I was then staying at the Soldiers' Home, (three miles out of Washington.)... | |
 | Don Fehrenbacher, Virginia Fehrenbacher - History - 1996 - 674 pages
...changed a line, touching it up here and there, waiting the progress of events. Well, the next news we had was of Pope's disaster at Bull Run. Things looked...our side. I was then staying at the Soldiers' Home. Here I finished writing the second draft of the preliminary proclamation; came up on Saturday, called... | |
 | Paul M. Zall - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 220 pages
...changed a line, touching it up here and there, waiting the progress of events. Well, the next news we had was of Pope's disaster, at Bull Run. Things looked...our side. I was then staying at the Soldiers' Home. Here I finished writing the second draft of the preliminary Proclamation; came up on Saturday, called... | |
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From time to time I added or changed a line, touching it up here and there, anxiously watching the progress of events. Well, the next news we had was of Pope's disaster, at Bull Run. Things looked darker than ever. Finally, came the week of the battle... 
