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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... December 26 he spiked the guns of that fort and secretly transferred his force to Sumter , an almost impregnable position in the centre of the harbor . In the South the uproar over this act was terrific . The administration was accused ...
... December 28th , the very day he wrote to Mr. Lincoln of his acceptance . " I will try to save freedom and my country . " A week later he wrote home , " I have as- sumed a sort of dictatorship for defense , and am laboring night and day ...
... , not even referring to theaffair in themes- sage he sent to Congress on December 3. He was studying the situation . Before his inauguration he had said one day to 66 Seward : One part of the business , Governor 72 LIFE OF LINCOLN.
... December , word reached America that England was getting ready to go to war in case we did not give up the commissioners . The news aroused the deepest indignation , and the determination to keep Mason and Slidell was for a brief time ...
... December 19 , the Administration received a notice that the only redress which would satisfy the British government would be " the liberation of the four gentlemen , " and their delivery to the British minister at Washington and a ...
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 |