Lincoln of KentuckyUniversity Press of Kentucky, 2010 M09 12 - 324 páginas Young Abraham Lincoln and his family joined the migration over the Ohio River, but it was Kentucky—the state of his birth—that shaped his personality and continued to affect his life. His wife was from the commonwealth, as were each of the other women with whom he had romantic relationships. Henry Clay was his political idol; Joshua Speed of Farmington, near Louisville, was his lifelong best friend; and all three of his law partners were Kentuckians. During the Civil War, Lincoln is reputed to have said, "I hope to have God on my side, but I must have Kentucky." He recognized Kentucky's importance as the bellwether of the four loyal slave states and accepted the commonwealth's illegal neutrality until Unionists secured firm control of the state government. Lowell Harrison emphasizes the particular skill and delicacy with which Lincoln handled the problems of a loyal slave state populated by a large number of Confederate sympathizers. It was not until decades later that Kentuckians fully recognized Lincoln's greatness and paid homage to their native son. |
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... wrote that Lincoln was responsible for all the nation's troubles : " God simply made me the instru- ment of his punishment . " Familiar with Ford Theatre , Booth slipped upstairs behind the dress circle . Charles Forbes , a White House ...
... wrote in his diary on April 17 , 1865 : " Never was my moral sense so shocked nor did greater gloom fill my mind . Lizzie , only 10 years old went out by herself & cried as if her heart was broke .... Like Moses he caught a glorious ...
... wrote many years later , was slow , very slow , to accept Lincoln , her greatest son . She was reluctant and unwilling to appreciate , to un- derstand him while he lived . The profound contradic- tions of his personality and his career ...
... wrote " The Neglected Shrine " for his Unitarian paper , Unity . Young Jones also inter- ested Robert J. Collier , editor of Collier's Weekly , in the home- site , and Collier agreed to bid for the property . Jones later claimed that ...
... wrote Lincoln on July 11 , 1860 , to explain what he had done . " I think you will find nothing in the biography which will in any respect annoy you or give you pain . Having failed to submit it to you , I was the more careful , and ...
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6 Lincoln and Slavery to 1854 | 78 |
7 The Gathering Storm | 93 |
8 An Election a War and Kentuckys Neutrality | 111 |
Illustrations follow page | 150 |
10 Lincoln and Military Operations in Kentucky | 155 |
11 Wartime Politics in Kentucky | 176 |
12 Lincoln and Wartime Issues in Kentucky | 194 |
13 Lincoln Slavery and Kentucky | 221 |
Notes | 247 |
Bibliographical Essay | 277 |
Index | 287 |