The Life of Abraham Lincoln Volumes 3 & 4Digital Scanning Inc, 1999 - 568 pages 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 , was duly received . It is the subject of the most painful solicitude with me , and I feel constrained to beg that you will countermand the withdrawal . The pub- lic interest , I think , demands that you should ; and my per ...
... have them come to him , that he was constantly appearing in unexpected places . The place to which he went oftenest was the War Department . In 1861 , separate buildings occupied the space now covered THE BEGINNING OF CIVIL WAR 47.
... Department whenever anything important occurred . Mr. William B. Wilson , of Philadelphia , was in the military telegraph office of the War Department from the first of May , 1861 , and in some unpublished recollections of Mr. Lincoln ...
... Department of the West . Republicans appreciated it , for had not Fremont been the first candidate of their party for the Presidency ? The West was jubilant : Fremont's ex- plorations had years before made him the hero of the land along ...
... department Fremont assumed all the prerogatives of an absolute ruler . The approach to his headquarters was through a long line of guards . There were guards at the corners of the streets , guards at the gate , guards at the door ...
Contents
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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 |