Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and Speeches in and Out of Congress; Also a General View of His Policy as President of the United States; with His Messages, Proclamations, Letters, Etc., and a History of His Eventful Administration, and of the Scenes Attendant Upon His Tragic and Lamented DemiseLommis National Library Association, 1888 - 842 pages Written in 1864 by a political contemporary, this is a work of nineteenth-century American biographic literature. It contains Lincoln's most masterful speeches and writings, along with a contemporary history of the Civil War. |
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... North - West - The Advance of Emigration - Four Great States Founded - North and South in Ohio , Indiana , and Illinois - Senti- ments of Southern Emigrants - The First Emigrations - A Coincidence of Dates- Mordecai and Josiah Lincoln ...
... North - West - The Advance of Emigration - Four Great States Founded - North and South in Ohio , Indiana , and Illinois - Senti- ments of Southern Emigrants - The First Emigrations - A Coincidence of Dates- Mordecai and Josiah Lincoln ...
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... North Anna . - Cold Harbor . - Across the James . - Sheridan's Grand Raid . - Sigel and IIunter in the Shenandoah Val- ley . The Army of the James . - Averill and Crook in South - western Virginia.— Combined Armies before Petersburg ...
... North Anna . - Cold Harbor . - Across the James . - Sheridan's Grand Raid . - Sigel and IIunter in the Shenandoah Val- ley . The Army of the James . - Averill and Crook in South - western Virginia.— Combined Armies before Petersburg ...
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... North - western Conspi- racy . The Chicago Nominations and Platform , 1861 .. CHAPTER V. Military Operations before Petersburg and Richmond , from June to November , 1864. - Gen . Hunter's Campaign . Movements in the Shenandoah Valley ...
... North - western Conspi- racy . The Chicago Nominations and Platform , 1861 .. CHAPTER V. Military Operations before Petersburg and Richmond , from June to November , 1864. - Gen . Hunter's Campaign . Movements in the Shenandoah Valley ...
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... North Carolina . - Movements in Virginia . - Conference at City Point ................ 725 CHAPTER X Close of President Lincoln's First Term . - Order to Gen. Grant in regard to Peace Negotiations . - The Fourth of March ...
... North Carolina . - Movements in Virginia . - Conference at City Point ................ 725 CHAPTER X Close of President Lincoln's First Term . - Order to Gen. Grant in regard to Peace Negotiations . - The Fourth of March ...
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... north - west of North Carolina , at just about the same date as the removal of the Lincolns to Virginia . Some years later , Boone , in his hunting excursions , had passed over and admired large tracts of the wilderness north of his ...
... north - west of North Carolina , at just about the same date as the removal of the Lincolns to Virginia . Some years later , Boone , in his hunting excursions , had passed over and admired large tracts of the wilderness north of his ...
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LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN Joseph H. (Joseph Hartwell) 18 Barrett,Making of America Project No preview available - 2016 |
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