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Now here are two letters of introduction that one of my friends gave me for you this morning, and they are addressed to parties living near Springfield, one of whom is a Union man and the other a Confederate. You must use them " "Must I ask favors of a Union man and then turn about and fight him?" exclaimed Rodney. The captain shrugged his shoulders. "You want to get through, don't you?" said he.
Coleman Smoot a man of some means who had a farm on the road to Springfield was in the village that evening. Abe showed him the commission and asked him to sign it. "I'll sign it on one condition," said Smoot. "What is that?" Abe asked. "That you'll give me a commission." "A man like you can't expect too much. Would you care to be a General?" "I wouldn't give the snap of my finger for that.
As to the whiskers, having never worn any, do you not think people would call it a piece of silly affectation if I were to begin wearing them now? Your very sincere well-wisher, Probably the frankness of the child appealed to the humorous side of his nature, for the suggestion was acted upon. After the election, and on his journey from Springfield to Washington, he inquired of Hon.
Lincoln practised extended from the counties of Livingston and Woodford upon the north, almost to the Indiana line embracing the present cities of Danville, Springfield, and Bloomington. The last named was the home of the Hon. David Davis, the presiding judge of the district. As is well known, he was the intimate friend of Mr.
Not long afterward came the culmination of a little difference that had arisen between General Curtis and me, brought about, I have since sometimes thought, by an assistant quartermaster from Iowa, whom I had on duty with me at Springfield. He coveted my place, and finally succeeded in getting it.
He was invited to attend a mass meeting at Springfield, and with reluctance felt himself obliged to decline; but in place of a speech, which might not have been preserved, the good fortune of posterity caused him to write this letter: August 26, 1863.
On the 18th of December I received orders from Washington to divide my command into four army corps, with General McClernand to command one of them and to be assigned to that part of the army which was to operate down the Mississippi. This interfered with my plans, but probably resulted in my ultimately taking the command in person. McClernand was at that time in Springfield, Illinois.
That such trivial details are still related, only shows how barren of incident was the life of these obscure founders of a great empire. Any subject of conversation, any cause of sensation, was a godsend. When Vannoy murdered his wife in Springfield, whole families put on their best clothes and drove fifty miles through bottomless mud and swollen rivers to see him hanged.
This instance only illustrates a feature of his character which has so often been recognized and commented upon his generosity toward those among his political friends who might be regarded as occupying the position of rivals." In 1854, during Lincoln's absence from Springfield, he was nominated as a candidate for the State Legislature.
To this letter he replied, a few days later, as follows: SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, MAY 23, 1860. SIR I accept the nomination tendered to me by the convention over which you presided, of which I am formally apprised in a letter of yourself and others acting as a Committee of the Convention for that purpose.
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