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John M. Schofield (search for this): chapter 22
(Confidential.) Richmond, Va., April 26, 1868. dear General: I regret exceedingly that your advice came too late. I have already promised not to decline the nomination in advance of any action of the Senate. Yours very truly, J. M. Schofield, Bvt. Maj.-Gen. General Grant, Washington, D. C. Richmond, Va., April 26, 1868. dear General: I see from the papers that the President has nominated me to the Senate as Secretary of War. You are aware that I do not want that office; yet under existing circumstances, if the Senate should wish me to serve I could not decline. I presume my nomination will not be confirmed, but have no right to act upon such presumption. Yours very truly, J. M. Schofield, Bvt. Maj.-Gen. General Grant, Washington, D. C. I have no means of knowing to what extent, if any, the Senate was influenced by this nomination, but anxiety about the ultimate result seemed to be soon allayed. About a month later a vote was taken in the Senate, and the
Abraham Lincoln (search for this): chapter 22
In pursuance of a special act of Congress and the orders of President Lincoln, General Grant in fact commanded all the armies of the Unitedal's plans. In this patriotic act of extreme self-abnegation President Lincoln undoubtedly acted in exact accord with what he believed to be had proved so unequal. But it must be admitted that in this President Lincoln went beyond the limit fixed by his constitutional obligation have never been correctly published. The assassination of President Lincoln occurred a very short time before the end of the Civil War. Ireme authority which had been conferred upon General Grant by President Lincoln a year before. Nevertheless, Secretary Stanton, who had very reluctantly yielded to President Lincoln's order, began, soon after the end of hostile operations, to resume the exercise of those functionsonging to the War Department, and which had been suspended by President Lincoln. Stanton boldly took command of the armies. Grant's Memoi
U. S. Grant (search for this): chapter 22
pp. 261, 262. In 1866, 1867, and 1868 General Grant talked to me freely several times of his d show that their meeting in Richmond, when General Grant was present, occurred January 21 and 22, 1ral Grant. I said: Yes; my relations with General Grant, and his with the President, are such thathus learn his views. While walking with General Grant after dinner the same day, I said to him, ot be convicted by the Senate, and I asked General Grant's opinion in regard to it. General Grant rmade. I then said I would again talk with General Grant upon the subject, and give a definite repl liberty to give it, I did not wish to ask General Grant to commit himself in so delicate a matter as well as line, was prepared by me under General Grant's instructions, and the draft of the orderg study of the subject, at the instance of Generals Grant and Sherman, earnest efforts to champion te that which led to the assignment of Lieutenant-General Grant in 1864; and that the general-in-chie[51 more...]
James B. McPherson (search for this): chapter 22
in violation of the Tenure-of-Office Act. See General Grant's letter to President Andrew Johnson, August 1, 1867, in McPherson's History of Reconstruction, p. 307. He also objected at first to either removal or suspension, mainly for fear that atment might be made in Stanton's place. See General Grant's letter to President Andrew Johnson, February 3, 1868, in McPherson's History of Reconstruction, p. 286. But those two objections being removed by Johnson's tender of the appointment to Gre-of-Office Act was, as Johnson claimed, unconstitutional. Sherman's Memoirs, second edition, Vol. II, p. 241; and McPherson's History of Reconstruction, pp. 282-293. On August 12, 1867, Grant himself accepted the appointment of Secretary ofied me that he has accepted the appointment, I have no alternative but to submit, under protest, to superior force. McPherson's History of Reconstruction, pp. 261, 262. In 1866, 1867, and 1868 General Grant talked to me freely several times
Andrew Johnson (search for this): chapter 22
ry of War ad interim the impeachment of President Johnson memorandum of interviews with William MAct. See General Grant's letter to President Andrew Johnson, August 1, 1867, in McPherson's Histoace. See General Grant's letter to President Andrew Johnson, February 3, 1868, in McPherson's His86. But those two objections being removed by Johnson's tender of the appointment to Grant himself,gave his full countenance and support to President Johnson in the suspension of Mr. Stanton, with a which immediately followed between Grant and Johnson, the second attempt to remove Stanton in Febr868. Of the impeachment and trial of President Johnson it is not my province to write. My spec he would not believe any pledge or promise Mr. Johnson might make in regard to his future conduct.o little tact to avoid serious trouble. President Johnson's views were sometimes in direct conflicnsion of criminal purpose on the part of President Johnson, certainly all indication of any such pu[2 more...]
Rawlins (search for this): chapter 22
oted and loyal citizens of the republic, and thoroughly imbued with the fundamental principle of subordination of the military to the civil power. With General Grant my relations while in the War Department were of the most satisfactory character. As a candidate for the Presidency, and as President-elect, he naturally desired to be as free as possible from the current duties of his office as general of the army, and he was absent from Washington much of the time, his chief of staff, General Rawlins, remaining there to promulgate orders in his name. Thus it devolved upon me to exercise all the functions of commander-in-chief of the army—functions which it is usually attempted to divide among three,—the President, the Secretary of War, and the general-in-chief,—without any legal definition of the part which belongs to each. Of course the machine ran very smoothly in the one case, though there had been much friction in the other. In compliance with the wish of General Grant, I <
Redfield Proctor (search for this): chapter 22
orders to the army without the knowledge of any one of his superiors—the President, the Secretary of War, or the general-in-chief. In fact, the adjutantgeneral had in practice come very near being commander-in-chief. Some time and much patience were required to bring about the necessary change, but ere long the result became very apparent. Perfect harmony was established between the War Department and the headquarters of the army, and this continued, under the administrations of Secretaries Proctor, Elkins, and Lamont, up to the time of my retirement from active service. During all this period,—namely, from 1889 to 1895, under the administrations of Presidents Harrison and Cleveland,—the method I have indicated was exactly followed by the President in all cases of such importance as to demand his personal action, and some such cases occurred under both administrations. The orders issued were actually the President's orders. No matter by whom suggested or by whom formulated, t<
Benjamin F. Wade (search for this): chapter 22
on to believe that a proposition like the one referred to above would probably be made to me, and that upon the theory, as I understood, that the President would not be convicted by the Senate, and I asked General Grant's opinion in regard to it. General Grant replied that he had supposed there was no reasonable doubt of the President's removal, but if that was not the case, or if it were, he (General Grant) would be glad to have me as Secretary of War during the remainder of the term; that Mr. Wade would have some difficulty in making up a cabinet for so short a portion of a term. About eight o'clock P. M. of the same day (April 21) I again called upon Mr. Evarts at the hotel, when a long conversation took place upon the subject referred to in the morning. The substance of what Mr. Evarts said was as follows: He was fully satisfied that the President could not be convicted upon the evidence; if he was removed, it would be done wholly from supposed party necessity; that this was th
Jefferson Davis (search for this): chapter 22
mstances under which I became Secretary of War in 1868, and the connection of that event with the termination of the impeachment trial: memorandum May, 1868. In compliance with a written request from Mr. W. M. Evarts, dated Tuesday, April 21, 1868, 2 P. M., I called upon that gentleman in his room at Willard's Hotel, Washington, a few minutes before three o'clock P. M. of the same day. Mr. Evarts introduced conversation by saying something about the approaching trial of Mr. Jefferson Davis, but quickly said that was not what he wished to see me about. The business upon which he wished to see me was of vastly greater importance, involving the safety of the country and the maintenance of the Constitution. Mr. Evarts then asked my consent that the President might at any time before the close of the impeachment trial send my nomination to the Senate as Secretary of War in place of Mr. Stanton. I asked upon what ground, and for what reasons, the proposition was made, whi
Winfield Scott (search for this): chapter 22
n the cause of discord, sometimes descending to bitter personal controversy, and in a few instances leading to very serious results. The differences between General Scott and the Secretary became so serious that the general removed his headquarters from Washington to New York, and remained away from the capital several years, unthat great trust would have been much less likely to do serious harm to the public interests if they had been under the watchful eye of a jealous old soldier, like Scott or Sherman, who was not afraid of them. As hereafter explained, the controversy between General Grant and the Secretary of War was the primary cause which final gave up the struggle. Upon my assignment to the command of the army in 1888, I determined to profit so far as possible by the unsatisfactory experience of Generals Scott, Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan—at least so far as to avoid further attempts to accomplish the impossible, which attempts have usually the result of accomplish
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