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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... soldiers read it , forward and back- ward , for assurance . In two cases of postmasterships sought for widows whose ... soldier , and the deceased soldier's family . " A man came wearing a colonel's uniform , though no longer a colonel ...
... soldiers read it , forward and back- ward , for assurance . In two cases of postmasterships sought for widows whose ... soldier , and the deceased soldier's family . " A man came wearing a colonel's uniform , though no longer a colonel ...
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... soldiers ought to receive the same wages as white soldiers , the President said that employment of colored soldiers at all was a great gain to the colored people ; that the wisdom of making colored men soldiers was still doubted ; that ...
... soldiers ought to receive the same wages as white soldiers , the President said that employment of colored soldiers at all was a great gain to the colored people ; that the wisdom of making colored men soldiers was still doubted ; that ...
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... soldiers . At the stair head they shift so the feet are carried first . Two more soldiers join the original four in holding the President and moving him . As they go out of the door of the theater Dr. Leale is again asked if the ...
... soldiers . At the stair head they shift so the feet are carried first . Two more soldiers join the original four in holding the President and moving him . As they go out of the door of the theater Dr. Leale is again asked if the ...
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Wilderness Beginnings | 3 |
New Salem Days | 22 |
The Young Legislator | 40 |
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