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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... February , Mr. Lincoln's first act had been to give to Mr. Seward a copy of the paper he had prepared , and to ask for his criticisms . Of the paragraphs quoted above , Mr. Seward wrote : I declare to you my conviction that the second ...
... February , March , April , and May they bought from private factories in the North , under the very noses of the United States officers . " This became such a scandal that the Administration had to send out an agent to investigate the ...
... his General War Order No. 1 . Ordered , That the 22d day of February , 1862 , be the day for a general movement of all the land and naval forces of the United States against the insurgent forces . That es- THE FAILURE OF FREMONT 85.
... February his two younger boys , Willie and Tad , as they were familiarly known , fell sick . In the tender- ness of his nature Mr. Lincoln could never see suffering of any kind without a passionate desire to relieve it . Es- pecially ...
Ida M. Tarbell. WILLIE LINCOLN , THIRD SON OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN . DIED FEBRUARY 20 , 1862 , AT THE AGE OF 12 . From a photograph taken by Brady at Washington , shortly before the death of Willie Lincoln . was in a state of feverish ...
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 |