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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... troops were thrust everywhere upon the public attention , even to the roofs of the houses on Pennsylvania avenue , on which little squads of sharp- shooters were absurdly stationed . I never expected to ex- perience such a sense of ...
... troops were thrust everywhere upon the public attention , even to the roofs of the houses on Pennsylvania avenue , on which little squads of sharp- shooters were absurdly stationed . I never expected to ex- perience such a sense of ...
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... 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 during this interval ...
... 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 during this interval ...
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... troops were quartered , acting upon the armistice of Mr. Buchanan , had refused to land the re - enforcements . To relieve Sumter was the only alternative , and Lincoln immediately ordered for- ward the expeditions he had been preparing ...
... troops were quartered , acting upon the armistice of Mr. Buchanan , had refused to land the re - enforcements . To relieve Sumter was the only alternative , and Lincoln immediately ordered for- ward the expeditions he had been preparing ...
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... troops , forts , and property in Texas to the rebels , and offered to appoint Governor Houston a major- general in the United States army in case he would accept . It authorized him to take full command in Texas , taking charge of all ...
... troops , forts , and property in Texas to the rebels , and offered to appoint Governor Houston a major- general in the United States army in case he would accept . It authorized him to take full command in Texas , taking charge of all ...
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... troops alone that were offered . Banks and private individuals offered money and credit . Supplies of every sort were put at the government's order . Corpora- tions sent their presidents to Washington , offering rail- roads and ...
... troops alone that were offered . Banks and private individuals offered money and credit . Supplies of every sort were put at the government's order . Corpora- tions sent their presidents to Washington , offering rail- roads and ...
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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