Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War YearsThis biography is drawn from the six volume work on Lincoln and new research uncovered since the original publication. |
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Page 308
... command of the Army again . But the actual words by which authority was once more handed over to him were not spoken by Lincoln . It was left to Halleck , Lincoln explaining to Welles , " I could not have done it , for I can never feel ...
... command of the Army again . But the actual words by which authority was once more handed over to him were not spoken by Lincoln . It was left to Halleck , Lincoln explaining to Welles , " I could not have done it , for I can never feel ...
Page 365
... command of the Army of the Potomac . " Lincoln met his Cabinet the Sunday morning Meade took command . " The President . . . drew from his pocket a telegram from General Hooker ask- ing to be relieved , " noted Welles . " The President ...
... command of the Army of the Potomac . " Lincoln met his Cabinet the Sunday morning Meade took command . " The President . . . drew from his pocket a telegram from General Hooker ask- ing to be relieved , " noted Welles . " The President ...
Page 502
... command , having , the Blairs and their friends said , " the effrontery to declare that he did so by order of the President . " Sherman still wanted Blair in the saddle with the 15th corps . So did Grant . And Lin- coln called on ...
... command , having , the Blairs and their friends said , " the effrontery to declare that he did so by order of the President . " Sherman still wanted Blair in the saddle with the 15th corps . So did Grant . And Lin- coln called on ...
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Wilderness Beginnings | 3 |
New Salem Days | 22 |
The Young Legislator | 40 |
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