The Lincolns in the White House: Four Years That Shattered a FamilyFrom the day of Abraham Lincoln's inauguration, a nation divided by savage conflict confronted the new president. But what many don't know was that within the White House's walls, the Lincoln's family would soon find itself suffering turmoil mirroring that of the nation he led. |
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... Day. Lincoln's election as president fourteen weeks earlier had almost guaranteed that half of America would leave the Union. The new “Confederate” flag already flew above the legislative ONE March 4, 1861—Washington City Two Settling.
Four Years That Shattered a Family Jerrold M. Packard. Union. The new “Confederate” flag already flew above the legislative houses of seven Southern states that had formally abandoned the Union. Eight other states were considering ...
... Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.” Evidently agreeing with his rival's thinking, Douglas occasionally murmured “Good” and “Good again” as Lincoln spoke. The now ex-president Buchanan ...
... Union. Seven Southern legislatures had already declared that their states were no longer part of the United States, all making clear that they would go to war with the federal government to sustain their decisions. Lincoln's immediate ...
... widely assumed inability to actually run the country and prevent a split over slavery. The strength of his positions on states' rights, union, secession, sectionalism, and, most important, slavery was what had put him in the.
Contents
THREE Calamity in War Calamity at Home | |
FOUR Death in the White House | |
SEVEN An Unfinished Work | |
EPILOGUE The Flying Dutchman | |
NOTES | |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
INDEX | |
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The Lincolns in the White House: Four Years That Shattered a Family Jerrold M. Packard Limited preview - 2006 |
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