A LECTURE DELIVERED BEFORE THE NEW HAVEN COLONY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1896
BY
CHARLES ANDERSON DANA ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF WAR, 1863-65
SOUVENIR OF THE
THIRTEENTH ANNUAL LINCOLN DINNER
OF THE REPUBLICAN CLUB OF THE
CITY OF NEW-YORK
The portrait of President Lincoln and the repro- duction of "The First Reading of the Emanci- pation Proclamation" are from the paintings by Mr. Frank B. Carpenter, and are used with his kind permission.