Recollections of Abraham Lincoln 1847-1865
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RECOLLECTIONS of ABRAHAM LINCOLN
WARD HILL LAMON
PREFACE.
PREFACE
CONTENTS.
INDEX OF LETTERS.
MEMOIR OF WARD H. LAMON.
RECOLLECTIONS
OF
OF
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
CHAPTER I.
EARLY ACQUAINTANCE.
EARLY ACQUAINTANCE.
CHAPTER II.
JOURNEY FROM SPRINGFIELD TO WASHINGTON.
JOURNEY FROM SPRINGFIELD TO WASHINGTON.
CHAPTER III.
INAUGURATION.
INAUGURATION.
CHAPTER IV.
GLOOMY FOREBODINGS OF COMING CONFLICT.
GLOOMY FOREBODINGS OF COMING CONFLICT.
CHAPTER V.
HIS SIMPLICITY.
HIS SIMPLICITY.
CHAPTER VI.
HIS TENDERNESS.
HIS TENDERNESS.
CHAPTER VII.
DREAMS AND PRESENTIMENTS.
DREAMS AND PRESENTIMENTS.
CHAPTER VIII.
THE HUMOROUS SIDE OF HIS CHARACTER.
THE HUMOROUS SIDE OF HIS CHARACTER.
CHAPTER IX.
THE ANTIETAM EPISODE.—LINCOLN'S LOVE OF SONG.
THE ANTIETAM EPISODE.—LINCOLN'S LOVE OF SONG.
CHAPTER X.
HIS LOVE OF CHILDREN.
HIS LOVE OF CHILDREN.
CHAPTER XI.
THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE GETTYSBURG SPEECH.
THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE GETTYSBURG SPEECH.
CHAPTER XII.
HIS UNSWERVING FIDELITY TO PURPOSE.
HIS UNSWERVING FIDELITY TO PURPOSE.
CHAPTER XIII.
HIS TRUE RELATIONS WITH McCLELLAN.
HIS TRUE RELATIONS WITH McCLELLAN.
CHAPTER XIV.
HIS MAGNANIMITY.
HIS MAGNANIMITY.
CHAPTER XV.
CABINET COUNSELS.
CABINET COUNSELS.
CHAPTER XVI.
CONFLICT BETWEEN CIVIL AND MILITARY AUTHORITY.
CONFLICT BETWEEN CIVIL AND MILITARY AUTHORITY.
CHAPTER XVII.
PLOTS AND ASSASSINATION.
PLOTS AND ASSASSINATION.
APRIL 14
APPENDIX.
LINCOLN IN A LAW CASE.
MR. LINCOLN'S VIEWS OF THE AMERICAN OR KNOW-NOTHING PARTY.
ACCOUNT OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR COOPER INSTITUTE SPEECH.
THE RAIL-SPLITTER.
TEMPERANCE.
LINCOLN'S SHREWDNESS.
LETTERS.
RELIGION.
FOOTNOTES:
Transcriber's note:
LINCOLN IN A LAW CASE.
MR. LINCOLN'S VIEWS OF THE AMERICAN OR KNOW-NOTHING PARTY.
ACCOUNT OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR COOPER INSTITUTE SPEECH.
THE RAIL-SPLITTER.
TEMPERANCE.
LINCOLN'S SHREWDNESS.
LETTERS.
RELIGION.
FOOTNOTES:
Transcriber's note:
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