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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... repeated this warning . President Buchanan was loath to heed him . He feared irritating the South Carolinians . Instead of re - enforcements he sent An- derson orders to hold the forts but to do nothing 14 LIFE OF LINCOLN.
... sent the Star of the West with supplies . The vessel was fired on by the South Carolinians as she entered the harbor , and retired . This hostile act did not quicken the sluggish blood of the administration . Indeed , a quasi ...
... sent an order that troops which had been sent to Pensacola in January by Mr. Buchanan , but never landed , should be placed in Fort Pickens . As this order went by sea , it was necessarily some time before it arrived . Night and day ...
... sent a letter over to the White House , advising Mr. Lincoln to abandon both Sumter and Pickens . Coming from such a source , the letter was a heavy blow to the President . One of the men he most trusted had failed to recognize that the ...
... sent a verbal message to General Scott : Tell him that I wish this thing done , and not to let it fail unless he can show that I have refused him something he asked for . By April 6 , news reached Mr. Lincoln from Fort Pick- ens . The ...
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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 |