Abraham LincolnHarper & brothers, 1893 - 542 pages |
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... ELECTED PRESIDENT . 455 CHAPTER XXV . THE END OF SLAVERY . 472 CHAPTER XXVI . SECOND PRESIDENTIAL TERM . 487 CHAPTER XXVII . IN RICHMOND 496 CHAPTER XXVIII . THE CLOSING SCENE .. 511 CHAPTER XXIX . APOTHEOSIS .. 527 ILLUSTRATIONS . 9 ...
... ELECTED PRESIDENT . 455 CHAPTER XXV . THE END OF SLAVERY . 472 CHAPTER XXVI . SECOND PRESIDENTIAL TERM . 487 CHAPTER XXVII . IN RICHMOND 496 CHAPTER XXVIII . THE CLOSING SCENE .. 511 CHAPTER XXIX . APOTHEOSIS .. 527 ILLUSTRATIONS . 9 ...
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... elected him captain . He knew nothing of military tactics , and his soldiers were equally ignorant . With rifle , powder - horn , knap- sack , and canteen the march was begun to Yellow Bank , on the Missis- sippi River . The company is ...
... elected him captain . He knew nothing of military tactics , and his soldiers were equally ignorant . With rifle , powder - horn , knap- sack , and canteen the march was begun to Yellow Bank , on the Missis- sippi River . The company is ...
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... elected I shall be thankful ; if not , it will be all the same . " ( ' ) Another meeting was held at Springfield , where he made a longer speech . One who was present has described his appearance on that occasion : " He was tall , gawky ...
... elected I shall be thankful ; if not , it will be all the same . " ( ' ) Another meeting was held at Springfield , where he made a longer speech . One who was present has described his appearance on that occasion : " He was tall , gawky ...
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... elected , only one had more votes than he . When the time came for the Legislature to assemble a friend loaned him money enough to buy a new suit of clothes , and he made his way to Vandalia . When he entered the building in which the ...
... elected , only one had more votes than he . When the time came for the Legislature to assemble a friend loaned him money enough to buy a new suit of clothes , and he made his way to Vandalia . When he entered the building in which the ...
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... elect him instead . He was successful . The session lasted but a few weeks , and Abraham Lincoln went back to his surveying . He was not the same man he had been . The grasp of his hand , when he met Jack Armstrong , was as hearty as ...
... elect him instead . He was successful . The session lasted but a few weeks , and Abraham Lincoln went back to his surveying . He was not the same man he had been . The grasp of his hand , when he met Jack Armstrong , was as hearty as ...
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