William Tecumseh Sherman talked to Lincoln during inauguration week and was "sadly disappointed" at his failure to realize that "the country was sleeping on a volcano" and that the South was preparing for war.
wˈɪljəm tˈɛkəmsˌeɪ ʃˈɜːmən tˈɔːkt tə lˈɪŋkən dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ɪnˌɔːɡjɚɹˈeɪʃən wˈiːk ænd wʌz "sˈædli dˌɪsɐpˈɔɪntᵻd" æt hɪz fˈeɪlɪɹ tə ɹˈiːəlaɪz ðˈæt "ðə kˈʌntɹi wʌz slˈiːpɪŋ ˌɔn ɐ vɑːlkˈeɪnoʊ" ænd ðætðə sˈaʊθ wʌz pɹɪpˈɛɹɪŋ fɔːɹ wˈɔːɹ.