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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... Railroad . - Battle of Jonesboro . - Cap- ture of Atlanta . - Rebel Raids . - Hood's operations in Sherman's Rear . - Price's Invasion of Missouri . - General Results of the South - western Campaigns ......... 604 CHAPTER VII . The ...
... Railroad . - Battle of Jonesboro . - Cap- ture of Atlanta . - Rebel Raids . - Hood's operations in Sherman's Rear . - Price's Invasion of Missouri . - General Results of the South - western Campaigns ......... 604 CHAPTER VII . The ...
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... Railroad , as you approach Decatur , the county - seat of Macon , from the south , a slightly broken country is reached two or three miles from that place , and presently the North Fork of the Sangamon , over which you pass , a mile ...
... Railroad , as you approach Decatur , the county - seat of Macon , from the south , a slightly broken country is reached two or three miles from that place , and presently the North Fork of the Sangamon , over which you pass , a mile ...
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... railroad were provided for , in various quarters , the completion of the Illi- nois and Michigan Canal , from Chicago to Peru , and the im- provement of the navigation of the Kaskaskia , Illinois , Rock , and Great and Little Wabash ...
... railroad were provided for , in various quarters , the completion of the Illi- nois and Michigan Canal , from Chicago to Peru , and the im- provement of the navigation of the Kaskaskia , Illinois , Rock , and Great and Little Wabash ...
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... railroad and steamboat company could afford greater facilities than any other line , the service ought to be done upon this route ; but it ought to be done on just and fair principles . If it could not be done at what had been offered ...
... railroad and steamboat company could afford greater facilities than any other line , the service ought to be done upon this route ; but it ought to be done on just and fair principles . If it could not be done at what had been offered ...
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... railroad from Annapolis to the city of Washington , as far as Bladensburgh ; under the command of Gen. B. F. Butler - headquarters at Annapolis . 3. The Department of Pennsylvania , including that State , the State of Delaware , and all ...
... railroad from Annapolis to the city of Washington , as far as Bladensburgh ; under the command of Gen. B. F. Butler - headquarters at Annapolis . 3. The Department of Pennsylvania , including that State , the State of Delaware , and all ...
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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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