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... trains at Mattoon , he arrived too late to catch the passenger train , and rode to Charleston in the caboose of a freight , reaching there at dusk . A small crowd of old friends greeted Lincoln at the station , where he lingered ' New ...
... trains at Mattoon , he arrived too late to catch the passenger train , and rode to Charleston in the caboose of a freight , reaching there at dusk . A small crowd of old friends greeted Lincoln at the station , where he lingered ' New ...
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... train east at a steady thirty miles per hour , and Lincoln calmly worked at revising his Indianapolis speech , and his companions tested the liquid accommodations , the weather cleared and crowds gathered “ all along the way vainly ...
... train east at a steady thirty miles per hour , and Lincoln calmly worked at revising his Indianapolis speech , and his companions tested the liquid accommodations , the weather cleared and crowds gathered “ all along the way vainly ...
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... trains , the party left immediately while the Trojans cheered , waved flags and handkerchiefs . The new special train exceeded in magnificence anything before encountered ; Lincoln rode in one of the first parlor cars . Its inventor was ...
... trains , the party left immediately while the Trojans cheered , waved flags and handkerchiefs . The new special train exceeded in magnificence anything before encountered ; Lincoln rode in one of the first parlor cars . Its inventor was ...
Contents
PREFACE V | 3 |
THE BATTLE OF FACTION | 152 |
COMPROMISES AND COMPROMISERS | 190 |
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