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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... ( Union ) party , as the military stalemate continued , but dramatic Federal victories at Atlanta and elsewhere ultimately reversed the downward political trend . The Democratic party platform , proclaiming the war a failure and calling ...
... Union . Despite the fact that the war was coming to a successful end on his terms — reunion and an end to slavery — Lincoln entered his second term with great trepida- tion . He was a tired and haggard man who wanted relief from his ...
... Union . The Constitution , he assumed , gave the president as com- mander in chief the primary responsibility for suppressing the re- bellion and restoring the Southern states to " their proper practical relation with the Union ...
... Union cause , Republicans in Congress — a clear majority of the mem- bership — recognized that the election had greatly strengthened Lin- coln's political position and that they would continue to have to deal with him in matters of ...
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