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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... command of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor , saying that he had but a week's provisions , and that if the place was to be re - en- forced so that it could be held , it would take 20,000 " good and well - disciplined men " to do it . A ...
... command in Texas , taking charge of all Government property and such of the old army as he could get together , and to recruit 100,000 men , if pos- sible , and to hold Texas in the Union . In case he did accept , the President promised ...
... commands , but an hour before , they obeyed as ab- solute law . " It was on May 3 that the President issued a proclamation increasing the regulars by 22,714 , and call- ing for three years ' volunteers to the number of 42,034 . But the ...
... command , and added : At the present moment the government presents the striking anomaly of being em- 66 * These extracts are from letters to Mr. Cameron found in a volume of the War Records as yet unpublished . Others of the same tenor ...
... command of the demoralized army . A more effective move could not have been made . McClellan was a West Point graduate who had seen serv- ice in the Mexican War , but who , in the spring of 1861 held a position as a railroad president ...
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 |