Lincoln's Sanctuary: Abraham Lincoln and the Soldiers' HomeOxford University Press, 2003 - 256 páginas After the heartbreaking death of his son Willie, Abraham Lincoln and his family fled the gloom that hung over the White House, moving into a small cottage in Washington, D.C., on the grounds of the Soldiers' Home, a residence for disabled military veterans. In Lincoln's Sanctuary, historian Matthew Pinsker offers a fascinating portrait of Lincoln's stay in this cottage and tells the story of the president's remarkable growth as a national leader and a private man. Lincoln lived at the Soldiers' Home for a quarter of his presidency, and for nearly half of the critical year of 1862, but most Americans (including many scholars) have not heard of the place. Indeed, this is the first volume to specifically connect this early "summer White House" to key wartime developments, including the Emancipation Proclamation, the firing of McClellan, the evolution of Lincoln's "Father Abraham" image, the election of 1864, and the assassination conspiracy. Through a series of striking vignettes, the reader discovers a more accessible Lincoln, demonstrating what one visitor to the Soldiers' Home described as his remarkable "elasticity of spirits." At his secluded cottage, the president complained to his closest aides, recited poetry to his friends, reconnected with his wife and family, conducted secret meetings with his political enemies, and narrowly avoided assassination attempts. Perhaps most important, he forged key friendships that helped renew his flagging spirits. The cottage became a refuge from the pressures of the White House, a place of tranquility where Lincoln could refresh his mind. Based on research in rarely tapped sources, especially the letters and memoirs of people who lived or worked at the Soldiers' Home, Lincoln's Sanctuary offers the unexpected--a completely fresh view of Abraham Lincoln--through the window of a place that helped shape his presidency. |
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... wife , toward the latter part of the afternoon , out in a barouche , on a pleasure ride through the city . Mrs. Lincoln was dress'd in complete black , with a long crape veil . The equipage is of the plainest kind , only two horses ...
... wife , toward the latter part of the afternoon , out in a barouche , on a pleasure ride through the city . Mrs. Lincoln was dress'd in complete black , with a long crape veil . The equipage is of the plainest kind , only two horses ...
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... wife , visit- ing Boston , to let their cook leave the cottage as winter approached . We get to feel Lincoln's loneliness when Mary takes Tad up to the cool of Vermont , away from the summer pestilences of the Washington area . We see ...
... wife , visit- ing Boston , to let their cook leave the cottage as winter approached . We get to feel Lincoln's loneliness when Mary takes Tad up to the cool of Vermont , away from the summer pestilences of the Washington area . We see ...
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... wife , their youngest son Tad , and probably only a handful of servants : a cook , a housekeeper , and perhaps a valet . There are no official records of their new residency — no documentation for which cottage they inhabited , no ...
... wife , their youngest son Tad , and probably only a handful of servants : a cook , a housekeeper , and perhaps a valet . There are no official records of their new residency — no documentation for which cottage they inhabited , no ...
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... wife and his sons were out of town . In 1862 , the Lincolns remained in residence from mid - June until early November , a total of nearly five months . The next year , the president returned for another period of about four and a half ...
... wife and his sons were out of town . In 1862 , the Lincolns remained in residence from mid - June until early November , a total of nearly five months . The next year , the president returned for another period of about four and a half ...
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... wife unable to fully express her emotions , but caring too much to look away.12 Mary Lincoln subsequently invested herself in projects that she imagined might help her husband . Some of these experiments proved to be spectacular and ...
... wife unable to fully express her emotions , but caring too much to look away.12 Mary Lincoln subsequently invested herself in projects that she imagined might help her husband . Some of these experiments proved to be spectacular and ...
Contenido
Gone to the country | 21 |
Am I to have no rest? | 37 |
Forever Free | 54 |
Capt D and his company | 72 |
1863 | 91 |
Mother very slightly hurt | 93 |
In fine whack | 108 |
1864 | 125 |
Whatever is is right | 163 |
There is something else there | 183 |
Afterword | 189 |
Lincoln at the Soldiers Home | 193 |
Notes | 205 |
Bibliography | 229 |
Acknowledgments | 239 |
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Lincoln's Sanctuary: Abraham Lincoln and the Soldiers' Home Matthew Pinsker Vista previa limitada - 2003 |
Lincoln's Sanctuary: Abraham Lincoln and the Soldiers' Home Matthew Pinsker Vista previa limitada - 2003 |
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Página 10 - And that small model of the barren earth Which serves as paste and cover to our bones. For God's sake let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings: How some have been depos'd, some slain in war...
Página vii - I happen to live where he passes to or from his lodgings out of town. He never sleeps at the White House during the hot season, but has quarters at a healthy location some three miles north of the city, the Soldiers' home, a United States military establishment.