Lincoln's Last MonthsLincoln Prize winner William C. Harris turns to the last months of Abraham Lincoln's life in an attempt to penetrate this central figure of the Civil War, and arguably America's greatest president. Beginning with the presidential campaign of 1864 and ending with his shocking assassination, Lincoln's ability to master the daunting affairs of state during the final nine months of his life proved critical to his apotheosis as savior and saint of the nation. |
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... independence and thereby contributed to a surge in support for Lincoln late in the presidential campaign . Lincoln and his party did indeed win the elec- tion , but his Democratic opponent , George B. McClellan ( 2 ) LINCOLN'S LAST MONTHS.
William C. Harris. tion , but his Democratic opponent , George B. McClellan , who repu- diated the war - failure plank in his party's platform , managed to get 44 percent of the popular vote . After the election Lincoln secured , by a ...
... George W. Julian complained in his journal that his Republican colleagues " don't want any quarrel with Lincoln " and that since the election " Old Abe , through his pa- tronage , is the virtual dictator of the country . " Though Julian ...
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