Lincoln Reshapes the PresidencyCharles M. Hubbard How Abraham Lincoln redefined the presidency |
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... called for volunteers for three years of service . Some historians have argued that this latter act provoked the border states with their moderate views on secession to renounce the Union and join the Confederacy . Another decision the ...
... called for volunteers for three years of service . Some historians have argued that this latter act provoked the border states with their moderate views on secession to renounce the Union and join the Confederacy . Another decision the ...
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... called Indian menace , pirates , slave traders , smugglers , cattle - rustlers , frontier ruffians , and all manner of foreign brigands . These limited , but frequent , responses relied on the orders of the president because they were ...
... called Indian menace , pirates , slave traders , smugglers , cattle - rustlers , frontier ruffians , and all manner of foreign brigands . These limited , but frequent , responses relied on the orders of the president because they were ...
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... called 40,000 volunteers for 3 years ' service , summoned the state militias into a 90 - day volunteer force , paid $ 2 million dollars from the Treasury's unappropriated funds for purposes unauthorized by Congress , closed the Post ...
... called 40,000 volunteers for 3 years ' service , summoned the state militias into a 90 - day volunteer force , paid $ 2 million dollars from the Treasury's unappropriated funds for purposes unauthorized by Congress , closed the Post ...
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... called the ' committee on the conduct of the war , ' is a marplot , and its greatest purpose seems to be to hamper my action and obstruct the military operations . " 43 Civil Liberties and Rights in a Civil War As commanders in chief ...
... called the ' committee on the conduct of the war , ' is a marplot , and its greatest purpose seems to be to hamper my action and obstruct the military operations . " 43 Civil Liberties and Rights in a Civil War As commanders in chief ...
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... called Neiman's Accounting Deptartment and told them the waitress said it was " two - fifty , " and I did not realize she meant $ 250 for a cookie recipe . I asked them to take back the recipe and reduce my bill , and they said they ...
... called Neiman's Accounting Deptartment and told them the waitress said it was " two - fifty , " and I did not realize she meant $ 250 for a cookie recipe . I asked them to take back the recipe and reduce my bill , and they said they ...
Contents
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The Public Career of John G Nicolay | 52 |
Lincoln Spins the Press | 65 |
An Exposition | 79 |
Lincolns Pardons and What They Mean | 99 |
Lincolns Legacy of Political Transcendence | 120 |
Lincoln Leadership and the Thirteenth Amendment | 153 |
Lincolns Role in the Presidential Election of 1864 | 173 |
Mary Lincoln and PostAssassination Memory | 199 |
Lincolns Legacy for Our Time | 214 |
Contributors by Order of Appearance | 234 |
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