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[253] At Nashville, Hood’s losses were roughly estimated at 15,000, no official returns in detail being made. Thomas’s losses were 3057. See Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol. III., p. 258.
[254] August 23, Lincoln wrote this memorandum, which, though unsigned, was found in his handwriting after his death: “This morning, as for some time past, it seems exceedingly probable that this administration will not be reëlected. Then it will be my duty to so coöperate with the President-elect as to save the Union between the election and the inauguration, as he will have secured his election on such grounds that he cannot possibly save it afterward.”
[255] As a campaign document, Buchanan Read’s spirited poem, Sheridan’s Ride, written on the impulse of the moment, was of importance, as it made the nation ring with the praises of Sheridan’s great exploit.