[26] See Burrage, "Gettysburg and Lincoln," pp. 19-33.
[27] See Burrage, "Gettysburg and Lincoln," p. 57.
[28] See Burrage, "Gettysburg and Lincoln," pp. 52-3.
[29] See Burrage, "Gettysburg and Lincoln," pp. 34-45.
[30] See Burrage, "Gettysburg and Lincoln," pp. 34-45.
[31] See Burrage, "Gettysburg and Lincoln," pp. 19-33.
[32] See Burrage, "Gettysburg and Lincoln," pp. 19-65.
[33] This wound has since cost me several hundred dollars for skilled medical treatment, and will probably never cease to trouble me. It was one cause of my retirement from active service in the regular army. Two or three expert doctors have written it up for medical journals, and one, Dr. Anderson of Washington, D. C., only recently for a New York medical journal.
[34] Possibly I was spared during the Civil War to be God's medium to civilize the Indians—the most distinguished service of my life—as I was greatly honored in 1877-78, by being selected from the army to study them, and recommend what would be the best thing to do to civilize and take them from the war path, which I did, and the government adopted my plan, which was successful, in opposition to most of the leading generals of the army, as they deemed it impracticable. The history of this can be found in Addenda No. 2, pp. 1057-80, Vol. II, Descendants of George Abbott of Rowley, Mass., which can be found in most leading libraries.
[35] No diary was kept at this time by Major Abbott, hence the details of this battle are given here.