Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894. To Henry S. Randall, Cortland Village, N.Y Washington, n.d. (April 1862). ALS, 3PP.
Call No.
Mss. C H
Content
Discusses the severity of the Civil War on the Border states. Believes two great battles remain-- one in the East and one in the West--in which losses will be high. Need calm and nationalistic counsel to deal with Southern states and situation after the war but right now there is too much passion. Lincoln is conservative and inflexible and must keel the country as one. Fears the "ship" might weather the storm only to "go to pieces amid the breakers at the shore"