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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... wish this thing done , and not to let it fail unless he can show that I have refused him something he asked for . By April 6 , news reached Mr. Lincoln from Fort Pick- ens . The commander of the vessel on which the troops were quartered ...
... wish to have you hung , " he replied ; " and if you think there is so much danger , I will not ask you to take it , although I am anxious to get it to Governor Houston as soon as possible . As you live in Texas and are about to return ...
... wish to appoint Colonel Meigs Quartermas- ter - General , and yet General Cameron does not quite consent . I have come to know Colonel Meigs quite well for a short acquaintance , and , so far as I am capable of judging , I do not know ...
... wish I could tell you something of the political troubles of the country , " he wrote home , " but I cannot find the time . They are enough to tax the wisdom of the wisest . Fort Sumter is in danger . Relief of it practically impossible ...
... wish , and suppose I am entitled to have , the ad- vice of all the cabinet . Your obedient servant , A. LINCOLN . * The magnanimity of this letter was only excelled by the President's treatment of the matter . He never revealed Mr ...
Contents
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The Failure of FremontLincolns First Difficulties | 61 |
Lincoln and Emancipation | 93 |
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 |