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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... troops . In Virginia a convention was in session , whose members up to that day were in the main for the Union . On April 17 that conven- tion passed an ordinance of secession . The next day the arsenal at Harper's Ferry was seized by ...
... troops should go through Maryland , " the people of Baltimore declared , " whose purpose was to invade Virginia ... troops through their city . After a long discussion , he sent them away with a note to the Maryland authorities ...
... troops ; and as they can neither crawl under Maryland nor fly over it , they must come across it . " While the controversy with the Baltimoreans was going on , the condition of Washington had become hourly more alarming . In 1861 there ...
... is the sign of a soul not easily perturbed . I came away from his presence cheered and encouraged . " However , the suspense of the days when the Capital was isolated , the expected troops THE BEGINNING OF CIVIL WAR 39.
... troops to arrive was , perhaps , the most mysterious and terrifying element in the situation for Mr. Lincoln . He ... troops and the Butler Brigade of 1,400 arrived . Be- fore the end of the week , there were said to be 17,000 troops in ...
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Lincolns Search for a General | 127 |
Lincoln and the Soldiers | 146 |
Lincolns Reelection in 1864 | 170 |
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The End of the War 26 | 26 |
Lincolns Funeral 41 | 41 |