Henry Villard

I had not got over the prejudice against Lincoln with which my personal contact with him in 1858 imbued me.

— Henry Villard

No one felt it more than the President. I saw him repeatedly, and he fairly groaned at the inexplicable delay in the…

— Henry Villard

I therefore shared fully the intense chagrin of the New York and other State delegations when, on the third ballot, Abraham Lincoln…

— Henry Villard

General Sherman looked upon journalists as a nuisance and a danger at headquarters and in the field, and acted toward them accordingly,…

— Henry Villard

The curious defiled past him, after squeezing the Presidential fingers into the room, and settled either on the sofa or chairs or…

— Henry Villard

He surprised me by his familiarity with details of movements and battles which I did not suppose had come to his knowledge.…

— Henry Villard

Without any formal orders to retreat, what was left of the several organizations yielded to a general impulse to abandon the field.…

— Henry Villard

Senator Douglas was very small, not over four and a half feet height, and there was a noticeable disproportion between the long…

— Henry Villard

He appeared every night, like myself, at about nine o'clock, in the office of Mr. Tyler, to learn the news brought in…

— Henry Villard

There was nothing in all Douglas's powerful effort that appealed to the higher instincts of human nature, while Lincoln always touched sympathetic…

— Henry Villard

Towards four o'clock, the rebels felt strong enough to take the offensive. A brigade with a battery under Earle managed to strike…

— Henry Villard