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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Page 42
... in which the enemy was defeated , with considerable . loss , and on the side of the volunteers , two killed and one wounded . The Winnebagoes and Pottawatomies now showed a deci- dedly hostile 42 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... in which the enemy was defeated , with considerable . loss , and on the side of the volunteers , two killed and one wounded . The Winnebagoes and Pottawatomies now showed a deci- dedly hostile 42 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
Page 43
... loss . Within the fort , one man was killed and another wounded . Straggling parties of Indians , at various points , made attacks upon the whites , producing constant alarm and excitement through that part of the country . The new ...
... loss . Within the fort , one man was killed and another wounded . Straggling parties of Indians , at various points , made attacks upon the whites , producing constant alarm and excitement through that part of the country . The new ...
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... loss of the last possibility of any reconcilia- tion with the Southern Democracy . While this answer , most unwillingly given , perhaps , yet announced with apparent alac- rity , contributed something toward effecting his immediate ...
... loss of the last possibility of any reconcilia- tion with the Southern Democracy . While this answer , most unwillingly given , perhaps , yet announced with apparent alac- rity , contributed something toward effecting his immediate ...
Page 209
... loss on both sides , and no gain on either , you cease fight- ing , the identical questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you . This country , with its institutions , belongs to the people who inhabit it . Whenever they ...
... loss on both sides , and no gain on either , you cease fight- ing , the identical questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you . This country , with its institutions , belongs to the people who inhabit it . Whenever they ...
Page 246
... loss is but thirteen killed and not more than forty wounded , while the enemy's loss is not far from two hundred killed , and the number of prisoners we have taken will amount to at least one thousand . We have captured seven of the ene ...
... loss is but thirteen killed and not more than forty wounded , while the enemy's loss is not far from two hundred killed , and the number of prisoners we have taken will amount to at least one thousand . We have captured seven of the ene ...
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