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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... regiments were forming and that Union mass meetings were in session in halls and churches and public squares . " What portion of the 75,000 militia you call for do you give to Ohio ? We will furnish the largest number you will receive ...
... regiments in thirty days if you want them , and 50- 000 men if you need them , " telegraphed Zachariah Chandler from Michigan . So rapidly did men come in under this call for 75,000 , that in spite of the efforts of the War De- partment ...
... Regiments were known to be on their way from Pennsylvania and Massachusetts , but nobody could say when they would ar- rive . Washington might be razed to the ground before they came . A hurried effort at defense was at once made ...
... regiment reached Washington . Dusty , torn , and bleeding , they marched two by two through a great crowd of silent people to the Capitol . Behind them there came , in single line , seven- teen stretchers , bearing the wounded . The ...
... Regiment is a myth . Rhode Island is another . You are the only real thing . " And again , after pacing the floor of his deserted office for a half hour , he was heard to exclaim to himself , in an anguished . tone , " Why don't they ...
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Lincolns Search for a General | 127 |
Lincoln and the Soldiers | 146 |
Lincolns Reelection in 1864 | 170 |
VOLUME FOUR | |
The End of the War 26 | 26 |
Lincolns Funeral 41 | 41 |