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Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years / - New York Harcourt, Brace & World Inc. 1954 - xiv, 762 p.
Wilderness beginnings --
New Salem days --
The young legislator --
Lawyer in Springfield --
:I am going to be married" --
Running for congress --
Congressman Linclon --
Bakc home in Springfield --
Restless growing America --
The deepening slavery issue --
The great debates --
Strange friend and friendly stanger --
"Only events can make a president" --
"Mary, we're elected" --
The house dividing --
"I bid you an affectionate farewell" --
America whither?-Lincoln journeys to Washington --
Lincoln takes the oath as president --
Sumter and war challenge-call for troops --
Jefferson Davis-his government --
Turmoil-fear-hazards --
Bull Run-McClellan-Freḿont-The Trent affair --
The politics of war-corruption --
Donelson-Grant-Shiloh-Monitor and Merrimac-"seven days"- the draft --
Second bull Run-bloody Antietam-chaos --
The involved slavery issue-prelimiary emancipation proclamation --
McClellan's "slows"-election losses-Fredriksburg-'62 message --
Thunder over the cabinet-Murfreesboro --
Final emancipation proclamation, '63 --
"More horses than oats"-office seekers --
Hooker-Chancellorsville-calamity --
Will Grant take Vicksburg? --
Deep shadows-Lincoln in early '63 --
The man in the White House --
Gettysburg-Vicksburg siege-deep tides, '63 --
Lincoln at storm center.
Chickamauga-elections won, '63 --
Linclon speaks at Gettysburg --
Epic '63 draws to a close --
Grant given high command, '64 --
Will his party renominate Lincoln? --
Jay Cooke-cash for war-hard times and flush --
Chase thirsts to run for president --
Spring of '64-blood and anger --
Grant's offensive, '64-free press-Lincoln visits the army --
The Lincoln-Johnson ticket of the National Union Party --
Washington on the defensive-peace babblings --
"The darkest month of the war"-August '64 --
The fierce fall campaign of '64 --
Lincoln's laughter-and his religion --
The pardoner --
The man who had become the issue --
Election day, November 8, 1864 --
Lincoln names a Chief Justice --
The "Lost Army"-the south in fire and blood-war prisons --
The bitter year of '64 comes to a close --
"Forever free" -the thirteenth amendment --
Heavy smoke-dark smoke --
The second inaugral --
Endless executive routine --
Lincoln visits Grant's Army-Grant breaks Lee's line --
Richmond falls-Appomattox --
"Not in sorrow, but in gladness of heart" --
Negotiations-an ominous dream --
The calendar says Good Friday --
blood on the moon --
Shock-the assassin-a stricken people --
A tree is best measured when its down --
Vast pageant-then great quiet.
These volumes complete the biography of Lincoln which the author began in "The prairie years." It covers the years from 1861 until Lincoln's death. Contains many illustrations including cuts of cartoons, letters and documents.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1 1809-1865.
Abraham Lincoln
973.7092 San 15
Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years / - New York Harcourt, Brace & World Inc. 1954 - xiv, 762 p.
Wilderness beginnings --
New Salem days --
The young legislator --
Lawyer in Springfield --
:I am going to be married" --
Running for congress --
Congressman Linclon --
Bakc home in Springfield --
Restless growing America --
The deepening slavery issue --
The great debates --
Strange friend and friendly stanger --
"Only events can make a president" --
"Mary, we're elected" --
The house dividing --
"I bid you an affectionate farewell" --
America whither?-Lincoln journeys to Washington --
Lincoln takes the oath as president --
Sumter and war challenge-call for troops --
Jefferson Davis-his government --
Turmoil-fear-hazards --
Bull Run-McClellan-Freḿont-The Trent affair --
The politics of war-corruption --
Donelson-Grant-Shiloh-Monitor and Merrimac-"seven days"- the draft --
Second bull Run-bloody Antietam-chaos --
The involved slavery issue-prelimiary emancipation proclamation --
McClellan's "slows"-election losses-Fredriksburg-'62 message --
Thunder over the cabinet-Murfreesboro --
Final emancipation proclamation, '63 --
"More horses than oats"-office seekers --
Hooker-Chancellorsville-calamity --
Will Grant take Vicksburg? --
Deep shadows-Lincoln in early '63 --
The man in the White House --
Gettysburg-Vicksburg siege-deep tides, '63 --
Lincoln at storm center.
Chickamauga-elections won, '63 --
Linclon speaks at Gettysburg --
Epic '63 draws to a close --
Grant given high command, '64 --
Will his party renominate Lincoln? --
Jay Cooke-cash for war-hard times and flush --
Chase thirsts to run for president --
Spring of '64-blood and anger --
Grant's offensive, '64-free press-Lincoln visits the army --
The Lincoln-Johnson ticket of the National Union Party --
Washington on the defensive-peace babblings --
"The darkest month of the war"-August '64 --
The fierce fall campaign of '64 --
Lincoln's laughter-and his religion --
The pardoner --
The man who had become the issue --
Election day, November 8, 1864 --
Lincoln names a Chief Justice --
The "Lost Army"-the south in fire and blood-war prisons --
The bitter year of '64 comes to a close --
"Forever free" -the thirteenth amendment --
Heavy smoke-dark smoke --
The second inaugral --
Endless executive routine --
Lincoln visits Grant's Army-Grant breaks Lee's line --
Richmond falls-Appomattox --
"Not in sorrow, but in gladness of heart" --
Negotiations-an ominous dream --
The calendar says Good Friday --
blood on the moon --
Shock-the assassin-a stricken people --
A tree is best measured when its down --
Vast pageant-then great quiet.
These volumes complete the biography of Lincoln which the author began in "The prairie years." It covers the years from 1861 until Lincoln's death. Contains many illustrations including cuts of cartoons, letters and documents.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1 1809-1865.
Abraham Lincoln
973.7092 San 15