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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... critical to his apotheosis as savior and saint of the Union . In the fall of 1864 , an exhausted president sought to end the seemingly intractable Civil War . After four years in the White House , Lincoln struggled to save his ...
... critical period in American history , when the young republic and its democratic principles faced their greatest threat , this son of the West provided the leadership to preserve the Union . He eloquently expressed the universal ideals ...
... critical issues relating to the end of the war with deep personal conviction and shrewd political agility . Abraham Lincoln was not a president who sought power and con- trol . Rather , he expanded presidential authority because doing ...
... critical presidential campaign . Except for the seating of senators and representatives from the re- stored Southern governments , Lincoln rejected congressional interfer- ence in his reconstruction efforts . He refused to support a ...
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