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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... eyes misty in his mention of the American volunteer soldier . Election Day was 18 days off , on August 6 , and Lincoln traveled over Sangamon County , gave the arguments in his long address issued in the spring . At Pappsville , where a ...
... eyes misty in his mention of the American volunteer soldier . Election Day was 18 days off , on August 6 , and Lincoln traveled over Sangamon County , gave the arguments in his long address issued in the spring . At Pappsville , where a ...
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... eyes , his head bent forward upon his breast . Of this same day John W. Forney wrote that he heard Lincoln cry " My God ! my God ! " over 20,000 men killed and wounded in a few days ' fighting . Good news from the battle front had to be ...
... eyes , his head bent forward upon his breast . Of this same day John W. Forney wrote that he heard Lincoln cry " My God ! my God ! " over 20,000 men killed and wounded in a few days ' fighting . Good news from the battle front had to be ...
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... eyes grew wet with tears and many in the audience sobbed aloud as he pictured the conditions of his people and ... eye to eye , and face to face , and fought from the beginning for the support of the flag and the honor of our country ...
... eyes grew wet with tears and many in the audience sobbed aloud as he pictured the conditions of his people and ... eye to eye , and face to face , and fought from the beginning for the support of the flag and the honor of our country ...
Contents
Wilderness Beginnings | 3 |
New Salem Days | 22 |
The Young Legislator | 40 |
Copyright | |
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