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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... 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 for an im- mediate cease - fire , virtually ...
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