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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... Death of Willie Lincoln XXV Lincoln and Emancipation XXVI . Lincoln's Search for a General XXVII.Lincoln and the Soldiers XXVIII . Lincoln's Re - election in 1864 PAGE 1 33 61 93 127 146 170 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Volume Three Bust of ...
... DEATH OF WILLIE LINCOLN THE most popular military appointment Lincoln made be- fore McClellan was that of John C. Fremont to the command of the Department of the West . Republicans appreciated it , for had not Fremont been the first ...
... death of one of his oldest and dearest friends , Colonel E. D. Baker . Mr. C. C. Coffin , who was at McClel- lan's headquarters when Lincoln received the news of his friend's death , tells of the scene : The afternoon was lovely , a ...
... 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 excitement , he said.
... death of his son that we begin to find evidence that Mr. Lincoln was making a personal test of Christianity . Broken by his anxiety for the country , wounded nigh to death by his loss , he felt that he must have a support outside of ...
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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 |