With Malice Toward None: The Life of Abraham LincolnThe definitive life of Abraham Lincoln, With Malice Toward None is historian Stephen B. Oates's acclaimed and enthralling portrait of America's greatest leader. Oates masterfully charts, with the pacing of a novel, Lincoln's rise from bitter poverty in America's midwestern frontier to become a self-made success in business, law, and regional politics. The second half of the book examines his legendary leadership on the national stage as president during one of the country's most tumultuous and bloody periods, the Civil War years, which concluded tragically with Lincoln's assassination. In this award-winning biography, Lincoln steps forward out of the shadow of myth as a recognizable, fully drawn American whose remarkable life continues to inspire and inform us today. |
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... soldiers in the Mississippi Valley . " I would do this whether arming the negro seemed to me a wise policy or not , because it is an order that I am bound to obey and I do not feel that in my position I have a right to question any ...
The Life of Abraham Lincoln Stephen B. Oates. sively that most soldiers detested antiwar " Copperheads " and would vote down the line for Union candidates . With Lincoln's approval , Stanton fur- loughed soldiers home to vote in Ohio ...
... soldiers ; Negro suffrage ; Racism ; Reconstruction ; Slaves and slavery Negro soldiers ; and Confederate Congress decrees , 355-357 ; and 2nd confiscation bill , 309-311 ; and discrimination , 341 , 356 ; 54th " Colored " regiment ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
Copyright | |
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