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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William C. Harris. ideals , have become an inspiration for Americans and an important link to the nation's presumably more innocent past . Lincoln had great faith in constitutional processes , self - govern- ment , and the inherent ...
... important political issues . He virtually ignored , for example , the growing conflict between Indians and settlers in the West and the need to reform policies toward Indi- ans after years of abuse . He also paid little practical ...
... important exception to this passive policy toward congressional legislation was his vigorous effort on behalf of the Thirteenth Amend- ment . In his annual message on December 6 , 1864 , he pressed Con- gress to pass a resolution ...
William C. Harris. that would have given Congress an important role in reconstruction policy . Despite his differences with Congress , Lincoln's stature with its members , especially those in his own party , grew after the 1864 elec ...
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