The Life of Abraham Lincoln Volumes 3 & 4Digital Scanning Inc, 1999 - 568 páginas The work here offered the public was begun in 1894 at the suggestion of Mr. S. S. McClure and Mr. J. S. Phillips, editors of "McClure's Magazine." Their desire was to add to our knowledge of Abraham Lincoln by collecting and preserving the reminiscences of such of his contemporaries as were then living. In undertaking the work it was determined to spare neither labor nor money and in this determination Mr. McClure and his associates have never wavered. Without the sympathy, confidence, suggestion, and criticism, which they have given the work it would have been impossible. They established in their editorial rooms what might be called a Lincoln Bureau and from there an organized search was made for reminiscences, pictures, and documents. To facilitate the work, all persons possessing or knowing of Lincoln material were asked through the magazine to communicate with the editor. The response was immediate and amazing. Hundreds of persons from all parts of the country replied. In every case the clues thus obtained were investigated and if the matter was found to be new and useful was secured. The author wrote thousands of letters and traveled thousands of miles in collecting the material, which came to the editor simply as a result of this request in the magazine. The work thus became one in which the whole country cooperated. No attempt has been made to cover the history of Lincoln's times save as necessary in tracing the development of his mind and in illustrating his moral qualities. It is Lincoln the man, as seen by his fellows and revealed by his own acts and words that the author has tried to picture. |
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... garrison must not be allowed to starve ; but evidently 20,000 disciplined men could not be had to relieve it - the whole United States army numbered hut 16,000 . But if Mr. Lincoln could not relieve THE FIRST INAUGURATION OF LINCOLN 15.
... Army , General Scott , who told him sadly that " evacuation seemed almost inevitable . " 66 Unwilling to decide at once , Lincoln devised a manoeuvre by which he hoped to shift public attention from Fort Sumter to Fort Pickens , in ...
... army in case he would accept . It authorized him to take full command in Texas , taking charge of all Government property and such of the old army as he could get together , and to recruit 100,000 men , if pos- sible , and to hold Texas ...
... army had been raised in Maryland to oppose their advance ; now that they had at- tempted to come up the Potomac , and were aground on Vir- ginia soil . At last , however , the long suspense was broken . About noon , on Thursday , the ...
... army of something beside " three months ' men , " for the very next clay after this speech , the Secretary of War , Mr. Cam- eron , wrote to a correspondent that the President had de- cided to add twenty - five regiments to the regular army ...
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Lincolns Search for a General | 127 |
Lincoln and the Soldiers | 146 |
Lincolns Reelection in 1864 | 170 |
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The End of the War 26 | 26 |
Lincolns Funeral 41 | 41 |