Chapter 13

THE BEGINNING OF LINCOLN'S FIRST ADMINISTRATION. Arrival of the President-Elect at Washington--Impressiveness of His Inaugural Address--I am Elected Senator from Ohio to Succeed Salmon P. Chase--Letters Written to and Received from My Brother William Tecumseh--His Arrival at Washington--A Dark Period in the History of the Country--Letter to General Sherman on the Attack Upon Fort Sumter--Departure for Mansfield to Encourage Enlistments --Ohio Regiments Reviewed by the President--General McLaughlin Complimented--My Visit to Ex-President Buchanan--Meeting Between My Brother and Colonel George H. Thomas.