Life of Abraham Lincoln - being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to Lincoln (1896) (14586655877)

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Title: Life of Abraham Lincoln : being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination ; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to Lincoln
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Nichols, Clifton M. (Clifton Melvin), 1830-1903 McKinley, William, 1843-1901. Oration on Abraham Lincoln Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891. Abraham Lincoln Knox, William, 1789-1825. Oh! Why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents
Publisher: New York City Springfield, Ohio Chicago, Ill. : Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant



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th a word, turnedupon the rebels, and gained one of the most glorious victories of the war. Atthe request of the great tragedian James E. Murdoch, who had interested andinspired the Union troops in many a camp by his patriotic recitations, ThomasBuchanan Read, poet and artist, commemorated this event in a stirring poem,entitled Sheridans Ride. There were many men, unknown at the breakingout of the war, who gained honor and fame in the Virginia campaigns. Toname them all would take up many a page of this book. Among them was 181 182 ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Joseph Warren Keifer, of Springfiekl, Ohio, afterward speaker of the nationalHouse of Representatives. He never lost a battle or made a military mistake.Then there were General Garfield, General J. D. Cox, and really a host of others,whose names are luminous and are dear to the hearts of all patriots. During the summer of 1864, efforts to bring about peace were renewed.Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, and the most influential
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PEESIDENT LINCOLN, ALLEN PINKEKTON AND GENERAL McCLERNAND. The central figure of this picture is the president; the one on the right, in uniform, is Gen-eral McClernand, and the gentleman at the left is Allen Pinkerton, the distinguished detective.This photograph was talten at Antietam, on October 3, 1863, when President Lincoln visited thearmy in the field. It is from a negative talcen by Brady and Gardner, for the government. ABEAHAM LINCOLN. 183 journalist of his time, wrote the president as follows: I venture to remind youthat our bleeding, bankrupt, almost dying country longs for peace, shudders atthe prospect of fresh conscriptions, of further wholesale devastations, and ofnew rivers of human blood, etc. Mr. Greeley asked the presidentto consent to negotiations looking toward theending of the war. In response, the president announced his willingness tonegotiate with commissions authorized by Jefferson Davis to negotiate. July20, 1864, Greeley crossed into Canada to confer with r