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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... head of the Union party of the State . The messenger who carried this word to Houston was Mr. G. H. Giddings , at that time the holder of the contract for carrying the mails by the El Paso route to California . He was taken to the White ...
... head of affairs . When the question of relieving Sumter came up , he believed that it was he who was managing the matter . " I wish I could tell you something of the political troubles of the country , " he wrote home , " but I cannot ...
... head of its editorial columns what it called " The Nation's War Cry . " " Forward to Rich- mond . Forward to Richmond . The Rebel Congress must not be allowed to meet there on the 20th of July . By that date the place must be held by ...
... head on his breast , the reins on the neck of his exhausted horse , rode Burnside . Before Monday night , it was known that the enemy was not following up his advantage , Two days later the Union army was reintrenched on Arlington ...
... head and tears rolling down his furrowed cheeks , his face pale and wan , his breast heaving with emotion , passed through the room . He almost fell as he stepped into the street . We sprang involuntarily from our seats to render ...
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93 | |
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 |