The Life of Abraham LincolnCosimo, Inc., 2008 M01 1 - 488 páginas She is remembered today as a muckraking journalist, author of such blockbuster exposes as 1904's The History of the Standard Oil Company, which actually contributed to the corporation's breakup in 1911. But in this 1900 work, as charming as it is important, American author IDA MINERVA TARBELL (1857-1944) shows a softer side as she traces, with a laudatory and admiring spirit, the development of the character and morals of Abraham Lincoln. Begun as a project by McClure's Magazine to collect and preserve the reminiscences of friends and acquaintances of Abraham Lincoln while they were still alive, the project grew into a series of articles for the periodical, and then finally this two-volume spiritual biography of the great man, which draws on firsthand memories and other material, including original sources such speeches, letters, and telegrams. Volume II begins with Lincoln's inauguration as President of the United States and follows him through the Civil War, his struggle with the "weapon" of emancipation, his reelection in 1864, and his death and funeral. This volume also features an extensive appendix of original documents written by and to Lincoln. |
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... Potomac , now beautiful in the first green of spring , on which Mr. Lincoln looked every morning from his windows in the White House , were no longer in his country . They belonged to the enemy . With the news of the secession of ...
... Potomac , now beautiful in the first green of spring , on which Mr. Lincoln looked every morning from his windows in the White House , were no longer in his country . They belonged to the enemy . With the news of the secession of ...
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... Potomac , and were aground on Vir- ginia soil . At last , however , the long suspense was broken . About noon , on Thursday , the 25th , the whole city was thrown into excitement by the shrill whistle of a locomotive . A great crowd ...
... Potomac , and were aground on Vir- ginia soil . At last , however , the long suspense was broken . About noon , on Thursday , the 25th , the whole city was thrown into excitement by the shrill whistle of a locomotive . A great crowd ...
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... Potomac southward , and the town of Alexandria were occupied by Federal troops . The enemy had fled at their approach . The flag which had caused Mr. Lincoln so much pain was gone , but its removal had cost a life very precious to the ...
... Potomac southward , and the town of Alexandria were occupied by Federal troops . The enemy had fled at their approach . The flag which had caused Mr. Lincoln so much pain was gone , but its removal had cost a life very precious to the ...
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... Potomac , as it had come to be called , had recovered almost completely from the panic of Bull Run , and that it was growing every day in efficiency . But scarcely had his anxiety over the condition of things around Washington been ...
... Potomac , as it had come to be called , had recovered almost completely from the panic of Bull Run , and that it was growing every day in efficiency . But scarcely had his anxiety over the condition of things around Washington been ...
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... Potomac for over three months . His force had been increased until it numbered over 168,000 men . He had given night and day to organizing and drilling this army , and it seemed to those who watched him that he now had a force as near ...
... Potomac for over three months . His force had been increased until it numbered over 168,000 men . He had given night and day to organizing and drilling this army , and it seemed to those who watched him that he now had a force as near ...
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Abraham Lincoln appointment April Army of Potomac asked August Baltimore believe Burnside cabinet called City Point coln Colonel Congress Cypher DEAR SIR death sentence December December 26 DEPARTMENT desertion dispatch election emancipation Emancipation Proclamation enemy execution of death EXECUTIVE MANSION February Fort Monroe Fort Sumter forward record Frémont friends further order Governor Grant Halleck Illinois January January 20 John June letter MAJOR ECKERT MAJOR-GENERAL MEADE March McClellan ment military Missouri Monroe morning never NICOLAY night North October October 15 OFFICER IN COMMAND Ohio party passed persons pier President President's proclamation received regiment Republican Richmond Saint Louis Secretary of War Senator sent September September 13 Seward slavery slaves soldiers South Springfield Stanton Sumter Suspend execution Talbott telegram telegraph Tenn thing tion to-day troops Union Volunteers vote WAR DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON WASHINGTON CITY Whigs White House wrote York