 | Carl Schurz, James Russell Lowell, Ralph Waldo Emerson - History - 2005 - 197 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...than ever. Finally came the week of the battle of Antietaxn. I determined to wait no longer. The news came, I think, on Wednesday, that the adrantage... | |
 | Carl Sandburg - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 476 pages
...Emancipation Proclamation. 1862 "I put the draft of the proclamation aside . . . Well, the next news we had was of Pope's disaster, at Bull Run. Things looked...ever. Finally, came the week of the battle of Antietam . . . The news came, I think, on Wednesday, that the advantage was on our side . . .1 finished writing... | |
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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... 
