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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... political pressure from Democrats and Radical Republicans and from those seeking patronage and profit . By expanding the context of Lincoln's last months beyond the battlefield , Harris shows how the events of 1864-65 tested the presi ...
... political trend . The Democratic party platform , proclaiming the war a failure and calling for an im- mediate cease - fire , virtually acknowledged Confederate independence and thereby contributed to a surge in support for Lincoln late ...
... political agility . Abraham Lincoln was not a president who sought power and con- trol . Rather , he expanded presidential authority because doing so was necessary to meet the threat to the Union and ultimately to destroy slavery , the ...
... political relations of the Negro and the white man can be made except in the State Legislature . " Nonetheless , by 1864-1865 he had developed considerable empathy for blacks and wanted their freedom to become a reality , not a half ...
William C. Harris. fect the action of congress . " " My political education " —by which he meant his grounding in Whig party doctrine— " strongly inclines me against a very free use of any of these means , by the Executive , to control ...