The Life of Abraham LincolnA. C. McClung & Company, 1891 - 471 pages |
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Page 10
... MILITARY OPERATIONS IN 1861-1862 . Battles in the West . - Belmont to Corinth . - Successes in the South.— New Orleans Captured . - The Monitor . - McClellan and the Presi- dent . - Pope's Campaign . -McClellan Re - instated . 272-294 ...
... MILITARY OPERATIONS IN 1861-1862 . Battles in the West . - Belmont to Corinth . - Successes in the South.— New Orleans Captured . - The Monitor . - McClellan and the Presi- dent . - Pope's Campaign . -McClellan Re - instated . 272-294 ...
Page 37
... military service of candidates , and ridiculing the extravagant claims to heroism set up for General Lewis Cass , then a candidate for the Presidency against General Zachary Taylor , he referred with great good humor to his own services ...
... military service of candidates , and ridiculing the extravagant claims to heroism set up for General Lewis Cass , then a candidate for the Presidency against General Zachary Taylor , he referred with great good humor to his own services ...
Page 62
... military giant to step across the ocean and crush us at a blow ? Never . All the armies of Europe , Asia and Africa combined , with all the treasure of the earth ( our own excepted ) in their military chest , with a Bonaparte for a ...
... military giant to step across the ocean and crush us at a blow ? Never . All the armies of Europe , Asia and Africa combined , with all the treasure of the earth ( our own excepted ) in their military chest , with a Bonaparte for a ...
Page 63
... military leaders and reckless . ambition , and continues thus : " Many great and good men , sufficiently qualified for any task they should undertake , may ever be found , whose ambition would aspire to nothing beyond a seat in Congress ...
... military leaders and reckless . ambition , and continues thus : " Many great and good men , sufficiently qualified for any task they should undertake , may ever be found , whose ambition would aspire to nothing beyond a seat in Congress ...
Page 72
... military com- mand . After their marriage , Lincoln and his wife went to live in pleasant rooms , in a very comfortable hotel , called the " Globe Tavern , " kept by Mrs. Bede , and about two hun- dred yards southwest of the old " State ...
... military com- mand . After their marriage , Lincoln and his wife went to live in pleasant rooms , in a very comfortable hotel , called the " Globe Tavern , " kept by Mrs. Bede , and about two hun- dred yards southwest of the old " State ...
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