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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... Department , multiplied . In spite of ex- postulations and threats from Fremont's supporters , Lincoln decided to remove him . But he would not do it without giving him a last chance . In sending the order for his re- moval and the ...
... Department was making . This committee spent the entire fall in investigation , sitting in Boston , New York , Chicago , St. Louis , and other cities . Its report , when made public in December , proved to be full of sensational devel ...
... Department up to the standard of the times , and work an army of 500,000 with machinery adapted to a peace estab ... departments who participated in the proceedings which the House of Rep- resentatives has censured . It is due to Mr ...
... department with honesty and energy . Furthermore , he knew of the intimacy between McClellan and Stanton , and as he saw the great necessity of harmonious relations between the head of the War Department and the commander of the army ...
... Department was working according to this . When he relieved Fremont he had offered his successor a few suggestions but he had been careful to add : Knowing how hazardous it is to bind down a distant commander in the field to specific ...
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Lincolns Search for a General | 127 |
Lincoln and the Soldiers | 146 |
Lincolns Reelection in 1864 | 170 |
VOLUME FOUR | |
The End of the War 26 | 26 |
Lincolns Funeral 41 | 41 |