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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... rebellion and slavery , would prosper and the ideals of liberty and equality would flourish . Since his early days in Illinois , Lincoln had envisioned democratic America as a model for the world , one based on moral example rather than ...
... rebellion , where- upon the states would again be the center of governmental activity . Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles wrote that in the early months of 1865 Lincoln " anticipated with undisguised satisfaction the time ... when the ...
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