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16. *Wilson M. Cartwright, Keeping the Union Afloat: The Treasury, Vanderbilt, and Solvency in the Great War (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1978) 89-90.
17. Robert V. Bruce, Lincoln and the Tools of Victory (Indianapolis: Bobbs- Merrill Company, 1956), 270.
18. Michael W. Kauffman, American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies (New York: Random House, 2004), 125.
19. J.B. McClure, ed., Anecdotes and Stories of Abraham Lincoln (Chicago: Rhodes & McClure Publishing Company, 1888), 129.
20. *Edward L. Landsherg, The Life of Will Cushing, American Hero (Annapolis, MD: Naval Academy Press, 1939) 122.
21. *Alfred Thayer Mahan, Gustavus Fox, William Cushing, and the Founding of the Naval Aeronautical Service (Boston: Graham & Sons, 1912), 102.
22. *William H. Seward, Lincoln as I Knew Him (New York: D. Appleton Publishers, 1872), 322.
23. "A Prince in the White House," Harper's Weekly, November 5, 1863, 5; "Prince Arthur Nursed by Mrs. Lincoln," Leslie's Illustrated, November 6, 1863, 2; *Reginald P. Crawford, HRH Arthur: Warrior Prince (London: Carrington & Sons, 1902), 82-85. The Prince was none too discreet upon his return to Great Britain in December 1863 by referring to Mrs. Lincoln as "that insufferable woman" and worse. He returned to the Royal Navy to command a corvette to extract a highly publicized revenge only to he captured again in the Battle of Havana in 1864. Having heard of his remarks, Mrs. Lincoln sent her personal regards to the Prince in his new captivity, commenting on how nice it was to have him as a guest of the United States again and asking him to call at the White House as soon as he was able.
24. Gabor S. Boritt, "War Opponent and War President," in Lincoln: The War President: The Gettysburg Lectures (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992), 190-92.
25. Punch, October 24,1863.
26. Carl J. Richard, Greeks and Romans Bearing Gifts: How the Ancients Inspired the Founding Fathers (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, Inc., 2008) 47.
27. *George H. Sharpe, I Remember Lincoln (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1889), 353.
APPENDIX A
1. Chartrand, The Mexican Adventure,18-19; Shann and Delperier, French Army 1870-71, Franco-Prussian War (1), 38-39.
2. OR, vol. 26, part 2 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1880), 402, 465; History of the 12th Texas, http://wwwgeocities.com/rebell2th/ history.html
3. OR, vol. 26, part 1, (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1880), 334-36, 398, 783.
APPENDIX B
1. Peter G. Tsouras, Britannia's Fist: Civil War to World War (Washington: Potomac Books, 2008). The Quebec Brigade was cut up badly in the First Battle of Portland. Its Imperial battalion, 1/62 Foot, took 50 percent casualties, and two of its three Canadian militia battalions were destroyed. The surviving 52nd Bedford Battalion was incorporated into the new Halifax Brigade composed of British and Canadian militia units in Newfoundland.
APPENDIX C
1. Peter Cozzens, The Shipwreck of Their Hopes: The Battles for Chattanooga (Urbana: University of Chicago Press, 1994) 401-402
2. Ibid., 402-404.
3. The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, vol. 29, part 1 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1890) 224. Kilpatrick's Reserve Brigade had been at the cavalry remount depot in Washington since August.
4. *Maine Light, 6th Battery, was normally assigned to this brigade but was detached to accompany the rest of the Maine troops to Portland.
A former U.S. Army officer, Peter G. Tsouras is an intelligence analyst, a military historian, and the author or editor of two dozen works of military history and alternate history, including Gettysburg: An Alternate History; Dixie Victorious: An Alternate History of the Civil War; Disaster at D-Day: The Germans Defeat the Allies, June 1944; and Military Quotations from the Civil War: In the Words of the Commanders. Many of his books have been primary selections of the History Book Club and the Military Book Club and have been translated into numerous languages. A regular guest on the History Channel and similar venues in Britain and Canada, Mr. Tsouras is an analyst for the Defense Intelligence Agency and lives in Alexandria, Virginia.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Maps
Dramatis Personae
1. Hanging Billy
2. Le Bat
3. Niter and a One-Eyed Lake
4. "Well, They Might Have Stayed to See the Shooting"
5. Honey, Vinegar, and Guncotton
6. "Because I Can't Fly!"
7. Lee Is Coming
8. Fateful Night
9. Perilous Morning
1 0. "Prettiest Parade I've Ever Seen"
1 1. Click, Bang!
12. The Serpent's Eye
Appendix A. Order of Battle at Vermillionville
Appendix B: Order of Battle at Kennebunk
Appendix C: Order of Battle at Clavarack
Notes
About the Author